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Show that triangle UXV is similar to triangle WYV

Show that triangle UXV is similar to triangle WYV-example-1
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Both share angle V. Now since angle VYW is supplementary to angle WYU and WYU is 90°, VYW is also 90°. Through the angle-angle postulate, the triangles are therefore similar.
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