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Find the value of the missing side length.
3
12
X
20

Find the value of the missing side length. 3 12 X 20-example-1
User Maghoumi
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Answer: x is 5

Step-by-step explanation: These two triangles are similar (meaning same shape but different size.) To find x, we must first decrease the scaling. The original triangle is 3 and x sides. Being scaled, it is now 12 and 20. 12 divided by 4 is 3, so that's the first side, and being equivalent, 20 divided by 4 is 5, so therefore the triangle has been scaled by 4 units. Therefore x side is 5.

User Melba
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Answer:

5

Explanation:

12/20 = 3/x

solve for x

x=5

User Jiaming
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