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McGraw Hill Glencoe Geometry, 2012
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3. Similar Triangles
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Exercise 49 Page 487

You can solve for the variable by using the Cross Products Property.

x=12

Practice makes perfect
To solve the proportion, we will start by using the Cross Products Property.
3/4=x/16
CrossMult

Cross multiply

3(16)=4x
Multiply

Multiply

48=4x
From here, we will continue solving for x by using the Division Property of Equality.
48=4x
DivEqn

.LHS /4.=.RHS /4.

12=x
RearrangeEqn

Rearrange equation

x=12
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