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?

Answer 1

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.