Question

Given that the triangles shown below are similar, what is the value of x?

D
32
40
16
20
H
48
M
P
X
L
A. 20
O
B. 10.7
O
C. 96
O D. 24

Answer 1

Answer: D

Why?

Question tells you that both triangles are similar, but the obvious difference is that one is smaller than the other.

As u can see HA = PD
32 = 16
The difference is 2

By dividing the value of HM (which is 48) u can get the answer 24.

Therefore the answer is D

Answer 2

the answer is D. 24

Explanation:

the smaller triangle is half the size of the bigger triangle so just divide 48 by 2