Question

Jacob wants to enlarge a triangle with sides 7, 12, and 12 inches to create a similar triangle. If the shortest side of the enlarged triangle is 24.5 inches, how long will each of the other two sides be?

Answer 1

42

Explanation:

If the shortest side is 7 and it is enlarged to be 24.5.

It is enlarged by a scale of 3.5.

so if you scale 12 by 3.5

then you get 42