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OpenStudy (lukecrayonz):

http://screensnapr.com/v/WpJ6m1.png they are not angles, they are lengths.

OpenStudy (lukecrayonz):

Hey bahrom, again :)

OpenStudy (lukecrayonz):

http://screensnapr.com/v/i0N7Se.png WOOHOO!

OpenStudy (bahrom7893):

ohhh \[\frac{24+x}{36+12}=\frac{24}{36}\]

OpenStudy (bahrom7893):

Similar trapezoids = ratio doesn't change

OpenStudy (lukecrayonz):

Thanks :)

OpenStudy (lukecrayonz):

Honestly I just did 24/x=36/12, and that gets 8 too.

OpenStudy (accessdenied):

yeah, since three parallel lines will divide those transversals in proportion

OpenStudy (lukecrayonz):

That makes sense actually.

OpenStudy (accessdenied):

i learned that particular theorem recently in geometry. :P

OpenStudy (lukecrayonz):

Meh, it's my girlfriends homework, she didn't know how to do a lot of them, I think it was a pretest or something.

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