Mathematics 0580 · IGCSE · Similarity

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The shapes ABCD and PQRS are displayed. The marked lengths are 5.5 cm, $a$ cm, 7.7 cm and 9.8 cm, and the diagram is NOT TO SCALE.
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Calculate the value of $a$.

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