The small triangles bottom is 12 the big triangles left side is 6 and bottom side is 17 Onx cuts two similar triangles out of cardboard. What is the length in units of the left side of the top triangle?
To find the length of the left side of the top triangle, we can set up a proportion with the sides of the two triangles.
Let x be the length of the left side of the top triangle.
We have the following ratios between the corresponding sides of the two triangles:
12/6 = x/17
Cross multiplying, we get:
6x = 12*17
6x = 204
x = 34
Therefore, the length of the left side of the top triangle is 34 units.