Are these triangles similar?

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ΔSTU ~ ΔVWX
⁶/₁₂ = ¹²/₂₄
¹/₂ = ¹/₂

These triangles are similar.

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Nope. They are not similar.

Only UT and XW are proportional, while the others are not. You know this by 12 times 2 = 24, which is XW to UT.

Paul Brannan answered Oct 18, 2017

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