SOLUTION: If 1 side of a triangle is 10 inches and the same side in a 2nd triangle is 20 inches. A 2nd side is 4 inches in the 1st triangle what is the same side in the 2nd triangle?
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Question 835962: If 1 side of a triangle is 10 inches and the same side in a 2nd triangle is 20 inches. A 2nd side is 4 inches in the 1st triangle what is the same side in the 2nd triangle? Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! If 1 side of a triangle is 10 inches and the same side in a 2nd triangle is 20 inches.
A 2nd side is 4 inches in the 1st triangle what is the same side in the 2nd triangle?
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Assuming the triangles are similar you may use a proportion::
1st/1st = 2nd/2nd
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1/20 = 4/x
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Cross-multiply to get:
x = 80
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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