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Rectangle LMNO is similar to rectangle PQRS. What is the length of segment QP?

Rectangle LMNO is similar to rectangle PQRS. What is the length of segment QP?-example-1
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User Vicport
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29.75/8.5=x/4.5
using the "butterfly method"
8.5x=133.875
/8.5 /8.5
x=15.75

You have to make a proportion
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