Stephen's glass holds 450 milliliters of milk. Farrah's glass holds 2\5 as much milk. How much milk does Farrah's glass holds?
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Answer:
The proportion is =
, and the length of the unknown side is
or 27.22 approximately rounded to the nearest hundredth.
Step-by-step explanation:
Since the triangles are similar, the proportion of corresponding sides are equal. The pairs of corresponding sides in these triangles which we'll use to solve it are LK, KE, MK, and KF. LK and KE are corresponding sides, and their proportion is . MK and KF are corresponding sides, and their proportion is
in which x represents the missing side. The proportions are equal, so
=
. Multiply both sides by 84 to isolate the variable, and you'll get
, which is
or
.