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With the triangle below, find AB when CD is 15​

With the triangle below, find AB when CD is 15​-example-1

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Answer:

30 units

Explanation:

point D is the midpoint of the bottom line, and we can infer 2 similar triangles from the markings on the triangle,

15 × 2 =ab

as CD is in the middle of the large triangle, the scale factor from the small triangle to the large triangle is 2.

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