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The lengths of the sides of a triangle are 8, 15, and 17. if the longest side of a similar triangle...
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The lengths of the sides of a triangle are 8, 15, and 17. if the longest side of a similar triangle is 51, what is the length of the shortest side?
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A:
If the longest side on the similar triangle is 51 and the longest side of the first triangle is 17, then you divide 51 and 17.
51 / 17 = 3
So the similar triangle is 3 times as big.
To find the shortest side of the similar triangle, you multiply 8 and 3.
8 * 3 = 24
The length of the shortest side of the similar triangle is 24.
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