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Tony used a photocopier to dilate the design for a monorail track system. The figure below shows the design and its photocopy:The ratio of CD:GH is 2:3. What is the length, in meters, of side EH on the photocopied image?

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Solution

The length of EH is;


\begin{gathered} (2)/(3)=(8)/(EH) \\ \\ \Rightarrow EH=(3)/(2)*8=12 \\ \\ \Rightarrow EH=12 \end{gathered}