Are the following triangles similar? Justify your reasoning using mathematics.

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SkryptX asked May 1, 2023

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Are the following triangles similar? Justify your reasoning using mathematics.

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These triangles are SIMILAR because of the Side-Angle-Side Similarity Theorem.

We can see that both angles are congruent and the sides are proportionally equal. Therefore, these two triangles are similar.

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