Clifford drew a triangle as shown below. He wants to enlarge the drawing proportionally so that the longest side will be 15 inches Which will be the length of the shortest side of his enlarged drawing?
what's the answer
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To determine the length of the shortest side of Clifford's enlarged drawing, we need to use the concept of similarity. Similar figures have corresponding angles that are congruent and corresponding sides that are proportional.
Since Clifford wants to enlarge the drawing proportionally, we can set up a ratio of the corresponding side lengths after the enlargement.
Let's call the length of the longest side in Clifford's original drawing "x" and the length of the shortest side "y".
The ratio of the corresponding side lengths in the original and enlarged drawings will be the same, so we can set up the following proportion:
x (longest side in original drawing) : y (shortest side in original drawing) = 15 (longest side in enlarged drawing) : ? (shortest side in enlarged drawing)
We can solve for the shortest side in the enlarged drawing by substituting the given values into the proportion:
x : y = 15 : ?
Since we do not know the value of "x", we cannot directly solve for the shortest side. To proceed, we need information about the original drawing, such as the length of the longest side or the relationship between the lengths of the sides.
I'm sorry what do you mean cannot copy and paste I didn't even do that
You wrote, "Clifford drew a triangle as shown below."
There is nothing "shown below."
If the longest side right now is x
then multiply the side you want by 15 / x