Two triangles are similar. The lengths of the sides of the larger triangle are 12, 15, and 18. The longest side of the smaller triangle is 6. Find the length of the shortest side of the smaller triangle.
2007-06-10 07:00:43 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
Longest side of the larger triangle is 18, and longest side of the smaller triangle is 6. So 18/6=3. The ratio between triangles is the smaller triangle is 3 times smaller than the largest. So lets take the smallest side of the large triange *12* and divide that by 3 to get 4.
The anwser is 4
2007-06-10 07:04:44 · answer #1 · answered by ghilliemarine 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The triangle are similar. The longest side of the big triangle is 18.
the longest side of the small triangle is 6.
The ratio is 6/18 = 1/3
The shortest side of the big triangle is 12, so the shortest side of the small triangle is 12 * 1/3 = 4
Answer = 4
2007-06-10 07:05:22 · answer #2 · answered by Steve A 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the longest side of the large one is 18 and the small one 6. that means to find the lengths of the sides of the small one you must divide the larger sides by 3. the smallest side on the large on is 12, divide that by 3 and the shortest side of the smaller triangle is 4
2007-06-10 07:04:55 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Eleventy three
2007-06-10 07:08:31 · answer #4 · answered by kevrigger 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋