Elementary Geometry for College Students (6th Edition)

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 9781285195698
ISBN 13: 978-1-28519-569-8

Chapter 5 - Section 5.3 - Proving Triangles Similar - Exercises - Page 230: 2b

Answer

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Work Step by Step

This is a key idea behind similar triangles: corresponding sides are proportional. Because we know this, if we know two lengths of one triangle and one length of a second similar triangle, then we can find the other missing lengths of the similar triangle.
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