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During renovation, a pillar is supported by two braces as shown in the diagram. Based on the diagram, at what height should the short brace touch the pillar to ensure that the short brace is parallel to the long brace?
10 feet
12 feet
15 feet
17 feet
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The answer is A. 10 feet, on Plato.
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For the given diagram above, we have similar two triangles in it. Triangle 1 having x and 6 feet while triangle 2 having 25 feet and 15 feet(6+9) measurements, respectively.
So the proportion goes as:
x 6
---- = ----
25 15
15x = 150
x = 10
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