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Salma used a photocopier to dilate the design for a monorail track system. The figure below shows the design and its photocopy:The ratio of AD:EH is 1:2. What is the length, in meters, of side GH on the photocopied image?

Salma used a photocopier to dilate the design for a monorail track system. The figure-example-1
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Answer:


GH=\text{ 34 square meters}

Explanation:

Since the ratio of AD:EH is 1:2 and these are similar polygons. We assume that line GH would have the same ratio as DC:


\begin{gathered} \text{ Given ratio: 1:2} \\ GH=17\cdot2 \\ GH=\text{ 34 square meters} \end{gathered}

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