Question

What is the value of x? X= in

Answer 1

from the small triangle to the larger triangle, there is a scale factor of 3...because 5 * 3 = 15.

so because of this scale factor, x would be : 8 * 3 = 24 <==

Answer 2

x = 24 inches because the ratio between the larger triangle and smaller triangle is 3 to 1