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Given quadrilateral MATH is similar to quadrilateral ROKS calculate the value of MH Picture is below

Given quadrilateral MATH is similar to quadrilateral ROKS calculate the value of MH-example-1
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Answer: MH = 7

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Step-by-step explanation:

The double tickmarks for quadrilateral MATH show that MA = TH. Since TH is 5 units long, this makes MA the same length as well.

For quadrilateral ROKS, we have RO = 15. For "MATH" and "ROKS" we have "MA" and "RO" as the first two letters of each four-letter sequence; meaning that MA and RO correspond together.

The ratio of the corresponding segments is RO/MA = 15/5 = 3.

The larger quadrilateral has each side length 3 times longer than the smaller quadrilateral's corresponding side lengths.

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In short,

larger side = 3*(smaller side)

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Using this scale factor of 3, we can find MH

larger side = 3*(smaller side)

RS = 3*(MH)

21 = 3*MH

3*MH = 21

MH = 21/3

MH = 7

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