Question

A right triangle abc is similar to triangle pqr such that the hypotenuse bc=10 and the hypotenuse qr=4. if ac=8, what is the length of pr? round your answer to the nearest tenth.

Answer 1

Because the triangles are similar

ac/pr=bc/qr
8/pr=10/4

10*pr=8*4
10pr=32
pr=32/10
pr=3,2