SOLUTION: A triangle has side lengths 6 cm, 10 cm, 13 cm. What are the side lengths of a similar triangle?

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Question 422560: A triangle has side lengths 6 cm, 10 cm, 13 cm. What are the side lengths of a similar triangle?
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Answer:When two triangles are similar their sides are proportional with proportionality coefficient k, where k is a nonnegative rational number.
Thus the sides of the similar triangle are: +6%2Ak, 10%2Ak, 13%2Ak+
For example if k = 2 the sides of the similar triangle are: 12 cm, 20cm, 26cm.