Question

HELP PLEASE!!

given: line over AD is an altitude
prove: (AB)^2 + (AC)^2 = (CB)^2

Drag and drop a reason into each box to correctly complete the two-column proof.
(so sorry for the bad picture had to fit it all)
answer choices: (All right angles are congruent) (definition of a right angle) (congruent angles postulate) (polygon similarity postulate) (distributive property of equality) (division property of equality)

Answer 1

see below

Explanation:

The figure below shows the selections I would make.

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You can choose "polygon similarity postulate" for the second blank based on that step's similarity to the one two steps down from it.

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Strictly speaking, the distributive property is a property of multiplication over addition. It is not a property of equality.