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Ok, we have here two similar prisms, which means that the length of every sides of one prism is proportional to the correspondent side of the other prism.

From this, we have the following relation: (7/2.8) = (x/11.2)

Multiplying both sides by 11.2, we got: x = (11.2*7)/2.8 = 28 cm.

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