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b. Triangle ABC is similar to triangle EBD. Find the lengths of segments BD and BE. Show all your work.

b. Triangle ABC is similar to triangle EBD. Find the lengths of segments BD and BE-example-1

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Answer:

BD=4/3 BE=5/3

Explanation:

by pythag theorem we can see that AC=3 and because CPCTC

AC/DE=AB/EB=CB/DB we can see that CB/DB=3/1 and CB is 4 therefore DB = 4/3 do same with BE and we get solution above.

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