The sides of a triangle are 8 cm, 9 cm, and 12 cm.Find the largest side of a similar triangle, the smallest side of which is 24 cm.

Divide the smallest side of the larger triangle by the smallest side of the smaller triangle and get the coefficient of similarity of triangles:

k = 24/8 = 3.

Since the coefficient of similarity is 3, each side of the larger triangle is 3 times the corresponding side of the smaller triangle. This means that the largest side of the larger triangle is 3 times the largest side of the smaller triangle:

12 * 3 = 36 cm.

Answer: 36 cm.



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