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Please help! This is from my quarter three check and I got it wrong.

Please help! This is from my quarter three check and I got it wrong.-example-1
User Occhiso
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To solve, I would try and setup a ratio between the smaller triangle with the corresponding side lengths with the bigger triangle.

You could say 4x+4/30 = 5x+7/40

The reason we can assume this is because both of the triangles have the same angle so the ratio must be equal.

Hope this helps!
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