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Given triangle ABC is similar to triangle DEF , calculate the value of BC. Picture is below

Given triangle ABC is similar to triangle DEF , calculate the value of BC. Picture-example-1
User Symfrog
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Hello! :)

Answer:


\huge\boxed{BC = 6.4 }

Given ΔABC ~ ΔDEF, we can set up a proportion to solve for BC, where:


(AC)/(DF) = (BC)/(EF)

Let BC = x:


(8)/(15) = (x)/(12)

Cross multiply:


8 * 12 = 15 * x


96 = 15x


x = 6.4

Therefore, BC = 6.4 units.

Hope this helped you!

User Mahesh Bhatnagar
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