For the Pair of Similar Triangles, Find the Length of the Indicated

question 137

Multiple Choice

For the pair of similar triangles, find the length of the indicated side.
-In the upper triangle, the shortest side has length 12 , and the middle side has length 18 . In the lower triangle, the shortest side has length 8 , the middle side has length 12 , and the longest side has length 16 . Find the length, $x$ , of the longest side of the upper triangle.

• A) \(x = 30\)
• B) \(x = 16\)
• C) \(x = 23\)
• D) \(x = 24\)

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