The answer:
according to the image, the main theorem concerning right triangle similarity is as follow:
the altitude to the hypotenuse of a right triangle divides the triangle into two triangles that are similar to the original triangle and each other,
in our case, KL is the altitude, and by applying theorem, we get three triangles that are similar:
therefore:
<span>△JKL ~ △JKM
</span><span>△JKM ~ △JKM
</span><span>△JMK ~ △KML</span>
I'd suggest you sketch this situation. If you did, you'd likely see right away that the shortest distance back to the starting point would be the hypotenuse of the right triangle whose legs are of lengths 5 miles and 12 miles.
Apply the Pythagorean Theorem to solve this.
Answer:
well its a triangle so
40 divide by 20 is 2
but you have to mutiply that 2 by 2
Step-by-step explanation:
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above is the distance formula, plugging your numbers from P(x1,y1) and Q(x2,y2).
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Step-by-step explanation:
L = length
W = width
L = W + 9
A = 112 = LW = (W+9)W
So,
W2 + 9W = 112
W2 + 9W - 112 = 0
Factoring
(W-7)(W+16) = 0
W = 7, -16
We discard W = -16, since a measurement cannot be negative.
W = 7
And since L = W + 9, then L = 7 + 9 = 16
This is a 16x7 rectangle
