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2 years ago

What is the measure of x?

Mathematics

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Sveta_85 [38]2 years ago

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Answer:

Hello!

After reviewing the problem you have provided I have come up with the correct solution:

x= 9

Step-by-step explanation:

To come up with this solution you have to first realize that the smaller triangle is a proportionally scaled down version of the entire larger triangle! (I will show what I mean in a linked picture)

So after we have realized that the smaller triangle is a scaled down version of the larger one, we can then create a formula or ratio to calculate the value of the missing side of the larger triangle (being x+6=??).

To create the formula/ratio I divided 10inches by 4inches. Thus the larger triangle is 2.5 times larger than the smaller one.

I then use this ratio to figure out the missing length of the larger triangle by doing:

6inches x 2.5 = 15inches.

I then inputed the 15inches into the formula of the missing side:

x+6=15

Subtracted 6 from both sides to simplify, and came up with the solution!

x=9

Let me know if this helps!

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