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Given:


\text{ABCD}\approx JKLM

To find the value of x:

Since the figure ABCD and JKLM are similar.

So, the corresponding sides are proportional.

That is,


\begin{gathered} (AB)/(JK)=(BC)/(KL) \\ (6)/(8)=(18)/(x) \\ x=18*(8)/(6) \\ x=24 \end{gathered}

Hence, the value of x is 24.

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