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OpenStudy (anonymous):

@doulikepiecauseidont @mathslover @jim_thompson5910 @primeralph

OpenStudy (anonymous):

mathslover (mathslover):

By mistake?

OpenStudy (primeralph):

wait, didn't we just see this?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

oops that last one wasn't oight what i put anyways, lol

OpenStudy (anonymous):

OpenStudy (anonymous):

@doulikepiecauseidont what was the correct answer for the last one

OpenStudy (primeralph):

just divide the shortest by the longest?

mathslover (mathslover):

shortest side here is 4.8 and the longest side is 13.6 Simplify now : 4.8/13.6

OpenStudy (anonymous):

divide?

mathslover (mathslover):

\(\cfrac{\textbf{Shortest Side}}{\textbf{Longest Side}} = \cfrac{4.8}{13.6}\) The given triangle seems to be a right angled triangle. So in the cases of right angled triangle : Shortest side is always the perpendicular and the longest side is the hypotenuse.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

i got 0.3529411....

mathslover (mathslover):

That's right. Round it off..

OpenStudy (anonymous):

it has to be a fraction

mathslover (mathslover):

Note that, you have to simplify it as a fraction. So don't convert it to decimals.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

how would i convert it

mathslover (mathslover):

You have : \(\cfrac{\bf{4.8}}{\bf{13.6}}\) = \(\cfrac{\bf{48}}{\bf{136}} \)

mathslover (mathslover):

Now find the common factor 48 and 136..

OpenStudy (anonymous):

4

OpenStudy (anonymous):

12 and 34

OpenStudy (anonymous):

6 and 17 is next

mathslover (mathslover):

12 is not the factor of 136 .

OpenStudy (anonymous):

i said 4

mathslover (mathslover):

You have to find common factors diva. 2 is one of the common factors. \(\cfrac{\cancel{48}^{24}}{\cancel{136}^{68}}\) \(\cfrac{24}{68} = \cfrac{\cancel{24}^{12}}{\cancel{68}^{34}}\) \(\cfrac{12}{34} = \cfrac{\cancel{12}^6}{\cancel{34}^{17}}\) So your answer is 6/17

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