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Given that RT | | AC, SR = 10, SC = 4, and CT = 4, find SA

Given that RT | | AC, SR = 10, SC = 4, and CT = 4, find SA-example-1
User Arkmetal
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We have the following:

We can calculate this by means of the following proportion


(SA)/(SR)=(SC)/(ST)

replacing:


\begin{gathered} (SA)/(10)=(4)/(4+4) \\ SA=(10\cdot4)/(8) \\ SA=5 \end{gathered}

Therefore, SA is equal a 5

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