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Question 13

A diagram of two parallel horizontal segments XY and ZW crossed by straight lines XZ and YW at O, with the given lengths 8 cm, 6 cm, 25 cm and 20 cm.

XY XY\,XY is parallel to ZWZWZW. XZ XZ\,XZ and YW YW\,YW are straight lines intersecting at OOO. XY=8XY = 8XY=8 cm, XO=6XO = 6XO=6 cm, OW=25OW = 25OW=25 cm, ZW=20ZW = 20ZW=20 cm.

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Calculate the length of OZOZOZ.

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b.

Calculate the length of OYOYOY.

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