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OpenStudy (anonymous):

In the figure below, the segment is parallel to one side of the triangle. Find the values of x and y

OpenStudy (anonymous):

OpenStudy (unklerhaukus):

similar triangles

OpenStudy (anonymous):

whats the answer

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Not too hard, 4 is to 12 as x is to 9 etc....

OpenStudy (anonymous):

you can do this by finding the ratio of 4 and 12 and multiply that by 9 \[\frac{4}{12}=\frac{1}{3}\] \[9*\frac{1}{3}=x\]

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