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Find the value of x.

Find the value of x.-example-1

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Explanation:

similar means that they have the same angles, and that there is one common scaling factor between correlating sides of the 2 triangles.

so,

38/60 = (x + 10)/36

x + 10 = 38×36/60 = 38×3/5 = 114/5

x = 114/5 - 10 = 114/5 - 50/5 = 64/5 = 12.8

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