Tina plans to make wooden frames to put her two triangular art pieces in. How much wood would she need fortriangle DFG?
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54 in.

Step-by-step explanation:  So, the problem does something a little sneaky, and that is they ask for the TOTAL amount of wood needed for triangle DFG.  And to find that, we simply have to multiply side AC by 3 to get side DG.  We do this because triangle ABC is 3 times as small as triangle DFG.   Then, add your side DG that you just got, (21) to side FG and FD to get the total amount of wood needed, 54 in.

step-by-step explanation:

first, eliminate the parenthesis:

3

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2

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4

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second, group like terms:

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4

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2

third, combine like terms:

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3

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1

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2