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Mark is proving the Pythagorean Theorem. He drams right triangle KL with altitude JM First he proves JKLAMK) and JKL-MIL ssing the Angle-Angle criterion. The

rest of his groot is shown with some steps missing
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Mark is proving the Pythagorean Theorem. He drams right triangle KL with altitude-example-1
User EnaJ
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Option A

addition property of equality

  • a^2=bc
  • d^2=ef

So

  • a^2+d^2=bc+ef

And

Distributive property

  • a(b+c)=ab+bc

Hence option A is correct

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Answer:

a)

Explanation:

Given: Step 3

(JK)² = LK · MK and (LJ)² = LK · ML

Step 4

Addition property of equality

(JK)² + (LJ)² = LK · MK + LK · ML

Step 5

Distributive property

(JK)² + (LJ)² = LK (MK + ML)

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