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7-103.
Are the triangles in this diagram similar? Justify your answer.
Draw
and separately. Which angles are congruent? What is the relationship between
and ? Between and ? Between 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
, what is ?
Use the Pythagorean Theorem to calculate the unknown side length.