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Figure A is a scale image of Figure B. What is the value of x?​

Figure A is a scale image of Figure B. What is the value of x?​-example-1

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Answer:

x = 5.4

Explanation:

since the figures are scaled factors of each other then they are similar.

the ratios of corresponding sides are therefore in proportion, that is


(x)/(7.2) =
(3)/(4) ( cross- multiply )

4x = 21.6 ( divide both sides by 4 )

x = 5.4

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