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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Triangles QVS and RTS are similar. Find side VS.

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OpenStudy (mathstudent55):

The triangles shown, QVS and RTS, have two pairs of congruent angles. That means the triangles are similar. Similar triangles have proportional corresponding side lengths.

OpenStudy (mathstudent55):

Sides QV and RT are corresponding. Sides VS and TS are corresponding. The ratio of QV to RT is equal to the ratio of VS to TS. Set up a proportion. Only one of those 4 sides is an unknown, so you can solve the proportion for that unknown.

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