Question

Proportionality questions.

Answer 1

It appears to be 6, but the triangle looks to be slightly sloped to the right, so the angle we're trying to find might be 8

Answer 2

its not asking you to find an angle, its asking you do find a side length

Answer 3

Yeah I saw that afterwards. Just when I was typing this, I said angle cause I was typing fast.

Answer 4

oh ok

Answer 5

so you see there are two similar triangle, tell me the ratio equation that you came up with

Answer 6

I think we do:

\(\dfrac{3}{6} = \dfrac{4}{x}\)

But I could be wrong.. cross multiply and solve for 'x'.

Answer 7

@iGreen. that's 6 x 4 / 3 right? If so, it's 8

Answer 8

Yep, you got it.

Answer 9

However, I'm not 100% positive that's how we set it up.

Answer 10

Tell me if it's correct or not.

Answer 11

It was indeed. Thank you.