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7-51.
Are the triangles in this diagram similar? Justify your answer using similarity transformations.
Draw
and separately. Which angles are congruent? What is the relationship between the lengths
and ? Between the lengths and ? Between the lengths and ? Compare
with . How are these lengths related? If the triangles are similar,
then this relationship will be true for the other pairs of corresponding sides.If
units and units, what is ? Add the lengths to your diagram from part (a). If
, how long is ?
Use the Pythagorean Theorem to calculate the unknown side length.