Question

EMERGENCY PLEASE HELP STRUGGLING! The triangles in each pair are similar.

Answer 1

Answer: The missing length is 120 {option C}

Step-by-step explanation: What we have in the question is a triangle placed on top of another triangle and as shown in the attached diagram we can separate them into triangles BFC and GFH.

A close observation shows that line BC is parallel to line GH. Hence we have two similar triangles, and we can determine their similarity ratios as follows;

BF/FC = GF/FH

Similarly BF/BC = GF/GH

We can also express the following ratio

FC/FH = BC/GH

Therefore to calculate the missing side, which is GF, we can use the ratio

FC/FH = FB/FG

30/100 = 36/FG

By cross multiplication we now have 30 (FG) = 100 (36)

30FG = 3600

Divide both sides of the equation by 30

FG = 120