SOLUTION: this problem has a pair of similiar triangles one inside the other and it reads like this.
For the pair of similar triangles, find the length of the indicated side. In the outer
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Question 154104: this problem has a pair of similiar triangles one inside the other and it reads like this.
For the pair of similar triangles, find the length of the indicated side. In the outer triangle, the shortest side has length 6, the middle side has length 9. In the inner triangle, the shortest side has length 2, the middle side has length 3, and the longest side has length 4. Find the length, x, of the longest side of the outer triangle. Answer by edjones(8007) (Show Source):