Triangle A has sides of lengths #18 #, #32 #, and #24 #. Triangle B is similar to triangle A and has a side of length #4 #. What are the possible lengths of the other two sides of triangle B?

Question

1606 views around the world

You can reuse this answer
Creative Commons License

Answer 1 · 2016-09-03T22:46:48

It is not stated which side is the length of 4cm

It could be any one of the three sides.
In similar figures, the sides are in the same ratio.

#18" "32" "16#
#color(red)(4)" "7 1/9" "3 3/9 " "larr div 4.5#

#2 1/4" "color(red)(4)" "2 " " larr div 8#

#4 1/2" "8" "color(red)(4)" "larr div 4##