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Find the unknown length given that the triangles are similar.

Find the unknown length given that the triangles are similar.-example-1
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Set up a proportion.

6/12= 10/x

The ratio of the numerator to denominator is 1:2. Using this, we can tell that the unknown denominator is equal to double the numerator, or 20.

Final answer: 20
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