Question 6 of 18, Step 1 of 1
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You have a credit card that has a balance of
$3580 at an APR of
20.99 % . You plan to pay
$300 each month in an effort to clear the debt quickly. How many months will it take you to pay off the balance?
Answer
How to enter your answer
months

a = 11 : 4

b = 38

c = 1 for every 6

c.   x=2.4cm

step-by-step explanation:

similar triangles are triangles which have the same shape but not the same size. this means their angle measures are equal but their side lengths are not instead they are proportional. to solve, we will set up a proportion and solve.

a proportion is two equal ratios set equal to each other. we form the ratios by finding corresponding sides (sides which match to each other on both triangles by their position). out ratios will be one side of the small triangle over the corresponding side on the big triangle as shown below:

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to solve the proportion, we'll cross multiply by multiplying numerator with denominator across the equal sign.