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The sides of a triangle have lengths 3,5 and 7. In a similar triangle, the shortest side has a length x-3, and the longest side has length x+5 find the value of x
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\n" ); document.write( "3x+15=7x-21
\n" ); document.write( "4x=36
\n" ); document.write( "x=9 \n" ); document.write( "

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