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a triangle ABC with sides AB=16 cm, BC=12 cm,CA= 18cm is reduced to traingle A'B'C' such that the smallest side of the image traingle is 4.8 cm . Find the scale factor and use it to find the lengths of the other sides of A'B'C'.
Asked by tirumalashailaja | 05 Jan, 2019, 05:05: PM
answered-by-expert Expert Answer
Sides of given triangle 16 cm, 12 cm and 18 cm.
Smallest side 12 cm is reduced to 4.8 cm. Hence scale factor = 12/4.8 = 2.5
lengths of other sides are (16/2.5)cm and (18/2.5) cm . Hence reduced sides are 6.4 cm and 7.2 cm 
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