Question

See the image below

Answer 1

similar polygons have sides in the same proportion
if jkl ~qrs that means jk corresponds to qr
and kl corresponds to rs
and lj corresponds to sq

Answer 2

right

Answer 3

i tried setting the corresponding parts equal to each other

Answer 4

didn't work

Answer 5

show me your proprtion

Answer 6

e.g. x+4=24, 2x-1=36

Answer 7

that's not the equality
the sides are in proportion with each other

Answer 8

Oh.

Answer 9

I'll set it up

Answer 10

Thanks

Answer 11

That would help

Answer 12

so \(\large \dfrac{JK}{QR}=\dfrac{JL}{QS}\implies \dfrac{24}{x+4}=\dfrac{36}{2x-1}\)

Answer 13

Thanks. That's what I did, but I didn't know how to solve it.

Answer 14

that's not what you did if what you wrote was " x+4=24, 2x-1=36"

either way, you can "Cross multiply" and solve for x

technically cross multiplying isn't a thing, you're just multiplying and dividing to solve for x

Answer 15

2x-1*24?

Answer 16

OK, let me see

Answer 17

36(x+4)=24(2x-1)