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Given that the triangles below are similar.find the scale factor

Given that the triangles below are similar.find the scale factor-example-1
User Eric Skiff
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The triangles are similar, then scale factor is equal to ratio of corresponding sides of two triangle.


\begin{gathered} x=(24)/(30) \\ =(4)/(5) \\ =\text{0}.8 \end{gathered}

Or


\begin{gathered} x=(32)/(40) \\ =(4)/(5) \\ =0.8 \end{gathered}

Thus, scale factor for the triangles is 0.8.

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