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Can someone please help!

Which triangle is ​△ABC​ similar to and why?

1.) △ABC is similar to △DEF by ​AA Similarity Postulate​.

2.) △ABC is similar to △GHI by ​AA Similarity Postulate​.

3.) △ABC is similar to △JEL by ​AA Similarity Postulate​.

​4.) △ABC​ is not similar to any of the triangles given.

Can someone please help! Which triangle is ​△ABC​ similar to and why? 1.) △ABC is-example-1
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Similarity means same angles.

note that the sum of all inner anglin a triangle is always 180° in flat 2D space.

Only option C has a chance to be correct.

and its indeed correct, bc 180-65-65 = 50

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