Question

Solve for x if both sides are similar

Answer 1

The answer is x=12 ! Hope this helped

Answer 2

x = 12

Explanation:

we can put this is a proportion: (new side 1) / (old side 1) = (new side 2) / (old side 2)

so in this case, 18 would be old side 1, x would be new side 1

12 would be old side 2, and 8 would be new side 2

plug these in: x/18 = 8/12

cross multiply 18 and 8: x = 144/12

now simplify: x = 12