The populations of two towns, town A and town B, are being compared. The population of town A is 4×10^4 and the population of B
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For this case what you should see is that you have two similar triangles.
We then have the following relationship:
((AB) / (BX)) = ((CD) / (DX))
We cleared CD:
CD = ((AB) / (BX)) * (DX)
Substituting the values:
CD = ((12) / (5)) * (2.5)
CD = 6
Answer:
CD = 6
See attached image.
For this case what you should see is that you have two similar triangles.
We then have the following relationship:
((AB) / (BX)) = ((CD) / (DX))
We cleared CD:
CD = ((AB) / (BX)) * (DX)
Substituting the values:
CD = ((12) / (5)) * (2.5)
CD = 6
Answer:
CD = 6