Given:
The polygon in the given figure are similar.
To find:
The missing side length.
Solution:
We know that the corresponding sides of similar figures are proportional.
The given polygons are similar, so the their corresponding sides are proportional.
[tex]\dfrac{x}{15}=\dfrac{32}{40}=\dfrac{32}{40}[/tex]
So, the missing values in the equation of proportion are 15, 40, 32 respectively.
On solving the above equation, we get
[tex]\dfrac{x}{15}=\dfrac{4}{5}=\dfrac{4}{5}[/tex]
[tex]\dfrac{x}{15}=\dfrac{4}{5}[/tex]
[tex]x=\dfrac{4}{5}\times 15[/tex]
[tex]x=12[/tex]
Therefore, the value of x is 12.
