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OpenStudy (hang254):

Rebecca has a triangular piece of board. She cut it along a line parallel to the base of the triangle as shown below. What is the length of the line along which she cut the board? 5 inches 10 inches 6 inches 8 inches

OpenStudy (hang254):

OpenStudy (cwrw238):

the inner and outer triangles are similar so corresponding sides are proportional

OpenStudy (cwrw238):

so 4 x -- = -- 10 20 solve for x

OpenStudy (hang254):

8

OpenStudy (cwrw238):

yea 8 is right

OpenStudy (hang254):

thanks

OpenStudy (osuxbucks15):

yw

OpenStudy (cwrw238):

yw

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