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PO Triangle ABC is similar to triangular DEF. What is the value of x?

PO Triangle ABC is similar to triangular DEF. What is the value of x?-example-1
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If triangle ABC is similar to DEF then the ratio between the sides will be a constant so we can get the expression:


(15)/(30)=(x)/(36)

and we solve for x so:


\begin{gathered} x=(36\cdot15)/(30) \\ x=18 \end{gathered}

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