Determine whether the pair of triangles below are similar. If they are similar, write the similarity criterion that can be used
to show they are similar and THEN find all of the unknown measures.
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1. Check the drawing of the rhombus ABCD in the picture attached.
2. m(CDA)=60°, and AC and BD be the diagonals and let their intersection point be O.
3. The diagonals:
i) bisect the angles so m(ODC)=60°/2=30°
ii) are perpendicular to each other, so m(DOC)=90°
4. In a right triangle, the length of the side opposite to the 30° angle is half of the hypothenuse, so OC=3 in.
5. By the pythagorean theorem,
6. The 4 triangles formed by the diagonal are congruent, so the area of the rhombus ABCD = 4 Area (triangle DOC)=4*
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2. m(CDA)=60°, and AC and BD be the diagonals and let their intersection point be O.
3. The diagonals:
i) bisect the angles so m(ODC)=60°/2=30°
ii) are perpendicular to each other, so m(DOC)=90°
4. In a right triangle, the length of the side opposite to the 30° angle is half of the hypothenuse, so OC=3 in.
5. By the pythagorean theorem,
6. The 4 triangles formed by the diagonal are congruent, so the area of the rhombus ABCD = 4 Area (triangle DOC)=4*
Given:
Total number of senior students = 600
60% went on the senior trip.
One room was reserved for every 4 students.
To find:
The total number of reserved rooms.
Solution:
60% went on the senior trip from total 600 students. So, number of students who went on tripe is
Now, one room was reserved for every 4 students. So,
Therefore, the required number of reserved rooms were 90.