The quadrilaterals ABCD and JKLM are similar.Find the length x of JK.DA=5MJ=7AB=7JK=x

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Since the quadrilaterals ABCD and JKLM are similar, we get that:

$(MJ)/(DA)=(JK)/(AB)\text{.}$

Substituting DA=5, MJ=7, AB=7, and JK=x we get:

Multiplying the above equation by 7 we get:

$\begin{gathered} (7)/(5)*7=(x)/(7)*7, \\ (49)/(5)=x\text{.} \end{gathered}$

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Tare Gaskin answered Dec 29, 2023

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