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A triangle has sides of lengths 4.2, 5.7, and 7.2 inches. The smallest side of a similar triangle is 1.4 inches. What are the lengths of the other two sides? Write the smaller side length first and the larger side length second.(1 point)
The smaller side length is
inches and the larger side length is
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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
The scale factor is 1.4/4.2 = 1/3. Multiply the other sides by 1/3: 5.7*(1/3)=1.9 and 7.2*(1/3)=2.4.

The smaller side is 1.9 inches and the larger side is 2.4 inches.