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HELP ME PLEASE EXPLAIN HURRY!!!!!
Are these triangles similar?

HELP ME PLEASE EXPLAIN HURRY!!!!! Are these triangles similar?-example-1
User Kishor K
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Calculate the angle Z in the top triangle : 180 - 62 - 80 = 38

Since angle C is supplementary to angle D, angle C = 180 - 147 = 33

Since triangle XYZ doesn't have a 33 angle, these triangles do not have 3 same angles -> They are not similar.

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