Question

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The triangles are similar by the AA similarity postulate. Find the value of x.

Round your answer to the nearest tenth.

Answer 1

the 70 and 110 are the angle degrees

Answer 2

gasp :>

Answer 3

why do these things have to be so confusing? :)

Answer 4

Ikr i just hate math so much...

Answer 5

math hates you too. I know. she told me. haha

Answer 6

lol good cause I never wanna see her again ><

Answer 7

But you do. So let's get to work.
The trick here is to look at these two triangles separately :D

Answer 8

yeah i understood that part

Answer 9

We know that these two triangles are similar, so... all we need to know is what's called the scale factor :)

Answer 10

Okay, what's the length of the base of the larger triangle?

Answer 11

if you combine them both its 6 right..?

Answer 12

for someone who hates maths, you certainly know your way around her haha
What about the base of the smaller?

(btw... no offense, but aren't you a little too old for this stuff? ^^)

Answer 13

smaller one would be 3.

(and actually im just useing the titel of Alan Cumming because he plays Nightcrawler in X-men 2 lol, im really a 15 year old girl whos into roleplay stuff like this ><)

Answer 14

using* title* i cant spell today!

Answer 15

or are you? :)
Actors live on deception ;)

Anyway, yes, it's 3.

Answer 16

3 is half of 6, right?
In similar triangles, the scale should be the same for all the sides.
Meaning x should also be half of its corresponding side in the bigger triangle.

So x should be...? ^_^

Answer 17

2.5...o-o

Answer 18

That wasn't so hard, was it? :D

Answer 19

lol blinded by the difficult concept of math again and you caught me i really am a 25 year old who cant math so im exercising my brain to become smarter than i already am

Answer 20

And I'm... an eternally young brat >:D

Kidding ^^

Just a 9th grader who's actually studying this sort of thing right now :>

Answer 21

Hahaha smart kid you going into 9th grade or in the transition to 10th

Answer 22

9th grade now.

Answer 23

Oh wow now I really feel dumb a 9th grader just taught me math :< lol

Answer 24

Oh don't worry... I'm sure after ten years or so, I'd have forgotten about this stuff XD

Answer 25

I still dont get the use of math you wont really use it unless you're like an architect or account like geometry but you still gotta learn it

Answer 26

accountant* stupid phone -_-

Answer 27

ok anyways thanks for the help kid