Question

An artist wants to recreate a mural of a triangle that is too large to fit onto his canvas. He decides to draw a similar but much smaller version of the triangle with the same proportions. If the lengths of the sides of the larger triangle are 5, 12, and 13 feet, and the hypotenuse of the smaller triangle is 5 feet, what is the approximate length of the shortest side of the smaller triangle?
f) 1.59
g) 1.75
h) 1.85
j) 1.92
k) 2.15

Answer 1

$13 \div 5 = 5 \div x \\ x = \frac{5 \times 5}{13} \\ x = 1.92$
The answer is j.