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Find the value of x.

Find the value of x.-example-1
User Fareeha
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We need to find the scale factor for this which will give us how much the triangle was scaled down.
We can find this out by doing 8/12 which is simplified to 2/3.

We can check this is correct because 12 x 2/3 gives us 8.
So now we do 15 x 2/3 = 10

This means x - 4 = 10
x = 14
User Amado
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calculate the formula of the triangle and then use pythagoras thereom to solve the values according to their sides

Don't forget to thank me later

User GeoB
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