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Digital SAT Math Practice Question #2568

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Two similar triangles have perimeters of 20 cm and 30 cm. If the shortest side of the smaller triangle is 6 cm, what is the shortest side of the larger?
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Geometry & Trig Rule: Always sketch the triangle or circle and check for standard Pythagorean triples (3-4-5, 5-12-13, 7-24-25, 8-15-17).

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Ratio of similarity is $30/20 = 1.5$. Shortest side of larger triangle $= 6 \times 1.5 = 9$ cm....

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