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The figures above are similar. Find the missing length. Show your work.

The figures above are similar. Find the missing length. Show your work.-example-1
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As they are similar, the ratios between the lengths will be the same.
Therefore as the ration between the long lengths is 5:3, it will be that for the short lengths.
So the length of x is (3 / 5) * 3 = 9/5 in
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