Question

Look at the figure which now shows the value of x for DS. Write the similarity ratio as a fraction in simplest form

Answer 1

Since both figures are similar, we have the following proportions:

`(HP)/(GD)=(PT)/(DS)`

in this case, we have that HP=4, GD=8, PT=6 and DS=12, then we have:

`(4)/(8)=(6)/(12)`

the ratio in its simplest form is 1/2, since:

`(6)/(12)=(4)/(8)=(1)/(2)`