Congruent Triangles ?
1 answer:
Check the picture below.
well, it's noteworthy to say that when dropping a perpendicular line from a right angle in a right triangleto the hypotenuse, we'd end up with 3 similar triangles, a Large a Medium and a Small one, all three similar.
3a)
is the Small similar to the Large one? well, let's notice, they both have a 90° angle and also they share the purple one, similar triangles by AA.
3b)
are the Medium and the Large one similar? well, let's notice, just like before, they both have a 90° and they also share the green one, similarity by AA.
3c)
are the Small and Medium similar?
if Large ~ Medium
and
Large ~ Small
then
Medium ~ Small.
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the Pythagorean theorem states: a^2 + b^2 = c^2
1) in this case a=18 and b1=25
18^2 + 25^2 = c1^2
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2) in this case a=18 and b' = b2 - b1 = 40 - 25 = 15
in the picture im attaching i highlighted the triangles we are working with, and there you can clearly see that b' (the horizontal line at the bottom of the red tr.) is the difference between the lines b2 and b1
now you can use the same technique as in the first case, and the final answer will be cca. 23.4 = c2
3) in this case a=18 and b'' = b4 - b3 = 75 - 55 = 20
same thing as number 2, final answer cca. 26.9 = c3
