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Use the following image to answer the questions. (a) How are the triangles similar? Justify your answer with a theorem or postulate. (b) What is the value of x? Show your work please help, due today, thank
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Use the following image to answer the questions.

(a) How are the triangles similar? Justify your answer with a theorem or postulate.

(b) What is the value of x? Show your work

please help, due today, thank you!

Use the following image to answer the questions. (a) How are the triangles similar-example-1
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(a) The triangles are similar because they have two congruent angles; AA similarity theorem.
(b) 24 3x + 6
—- = ———-
32 28
Cross multiply.
672 = 32 (3x + 6)
Divide both sides by 32.
21 = 3x + 6
15 = 3x
x = 5
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