Question 78876
You can set up an equality for this as follows:
{{{2.4/6.8=x/17}}}
Notice that this is {{{smaller/larger}}} for each side the the equation.
Now you can simply solve for x, as this is the shorter piece:
{{{x=(17*2.4)/6.8}}}
I will let you work out the math from here.
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