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Need help 12 points. What additional information is needed to prove that the triangles are similar? 2 questions to answer.

Need help 12 points. What additional information is needed to prove that the triangles-example-1

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To prove
\triangle XYZ \sim \triangle MNO using SSS, you need to know that
(XZ)/(MO)=(YZ)/(NO) \implies \boxed{XZ=17.5}

Now that you know the length of
XZ, you need to know that angle
O is congruent to
\boxed{\angle Z} to prove
\triangle XYZ \sim \triangle MNO using SAS.

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