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The smaller triangle was dilated to form the larger triangle. What is the value of x? PLEASE HELP!!

The smaller triangle was dilated to form the larger triangle. What is the value of-example-1

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The smaller triangle was dilated to form the larger triangle. What is the value of-example-1
User Davidrelgr
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The value of x is equal to 14.

Since the bottom side is equal to 3 of the small triangle and the side of the larger triangle is equal to 9, that means that it was dilated by a factor of 3, since 3 * 3 = 9
So, the other side of 5, of the smaller triangle needs to be also be dilated by a factor of 3, so the new side is 15.
The larger triangle tells us that the side is x + 1, but we know that it is equal to 15. Since they are the same, we make them equal and solve for x
So, 15 = x + 1
We subtract 1 to isolate x and we get
14 = x
So, x is equals to 14.
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