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Congruence and similarly

Congruence and similarly-example-1
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Part (i):

Let's list the lengths of the sides of triangle ABD in order from shortest to longest: 2 cm, 5, cm, 6 cm.

Now let's do the same for triangle DCB: 6 cm, 15, cm, 18 cm.

Let's divide the length of each side of triangle DCB by the length of the corresponding side of triangle ABD (I'll leave the cm units off for convenience):

6/2 = 3
15/5 = 3
18/6 = 3

The ratios are all 3. By SSS Similarity, the triangles are similar.

Part (ii):

From the proof above, we can write the correct statement of similarity.

Triangle ABD is similar to triangle DCB

From the statement of similarity, angles A and BDC are corresponding angles, so they are congruent.

m<DAB = m<BDC = 110.5 deg
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