Stephen and aaron solved the same equation using two separate methods. their work is shown in the table below:

stephen

aaron

3x − 2 = 5x − 6

3x − 2 = 5x − 6

3x − 2 + 2 = 5x − 6 + 2

3x − 3x − 2 = 5x − 3x − 6

3x = 5x − 4

−2 = 2x − 6

3x − 5x = 5x − 5x − 4

−2 − 6 = 2x

−2x = −4

−8 = 2x

negative two x divided by negative two equals negative four divided by negative two

negative eight divided by two equals two x divided by two

x = 2

−4 = x

identify who made the error and what he did wrong

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.