Question

Determine whether the triangles can be proved similar. If they are similar, write a similarity statement. If they are not similar, explain why.

Answer 1

triangle ABC is similar to triangle DCE

Explanation:

Reason being that angles in triangle ABC Correspond to That of triangle DCE Eg triangle ABC=CDE

Answer 2

They are similar. Triangle abc is similar to triangle edc.

Explanation:

To prove that triangles are similar, you must show that the 3 angles in one triangle are equal to the 3 angles in the other triangle. We know that they both have a 50 degree angle. We can also see that they both have a right angle. That means that the 3rd angle must also equal 40 (180-90-50). So by AAA the two triangles are congruent.

Triangle ABC is similar to triangle EDC.