A right triangle has side lengths measuring 7 cm, 24 cm, and 25 cm. A similar triangle has a hypotenuse of 125 cm. What is the length of the shortest side of the larger triangle?

Answer 1

Koefficient of similarity k = 125/25 = 5.

So legs of this triangle: 7cm·5 = 35 cm; 24cm·5 = 120 cm

Answer 2

35 cm. Multiple the 7 by 5 because the hypotenuse is similar by a factor of 5