The perimeters of two similar triangles ABC and PQR are 60 cm and 48 cm respectively If PQ=8 cm length of AB is

10 c m

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Solution

The correct option is A $10 c m$
$P_{1} = A B + B C + A C = 60 c m$
$P_{2} = P Q + Q R + R P = 48 c m$
PQ=8 cm
$\frac{P_{1}}{P_{2}} = \frac{A B}{P Q}$
$\Rightarrow \frac{60}{48} = \frac{A B}{8}$
$\Rightarrow A B = \frac{60 \times 8}{48} = 10 c m$

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