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I don’t know how to do it please help

I don’t know how to do it please help-example-1

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Answer:

37.5

Explanation:

First you have to realize that these are similar triangles.

You can do a easy cross multiplication with these types of questions by forming an equation with the similar angles.

put the smaller above the decimal and the bigger one below like this.


(8)/(25)=
(12)/(x)

Now cross multiply

8x=300

x=37.5

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