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Which similarity statements are true? Check all that apply. △JKL ~ △KML △JKM ~ △JKL △JKM ~ △KML △JMK ~ △JKL △JMK ~ △KML

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the answeres are 1) JKL~ KML ,4) JMK~JKL,and 5) JMK~KML 
User Guerdy
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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:
△JKL ~ △JKM
△JKM ~ △JKM
△JMK ~ △KML
User Paulonogueira
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