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The triangles below are similar from A to B. What is the scale factor? *

5/4
3/5
2/3
4/5

The triangles below are similar from A to B. What is the scale factor? * 5/4 3/5 2/3 4/5-example-1

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The answer would be 5/4 :)
User Phonebox
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Answer: The scale is 5/4

Explanation:

To determine the scale factor, you have to locate which sides are similar to each other .

the side length with 20 is congruent to 16

15 is similar to 12 and 10 is similar to 8.

And to get from triangle A to triangle B of any side length, we need to multiply by a certain number which is the scale factor.

And to find that number we will divide the side length of any side in triangle A by the similar side to it in triangle B.

20/ 16 = 5/4

15/ 12 = 5 / 4

10 / 8 = 5/4

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