A farmer wants to increase the triangular area he has fenced off for his cattle to graze into a larger similar triangle. Using the information given. determine which (if any) similarity postulate he used in making his new cattle fence similar to his old cattle fence. V 12 35° 16 35 18 24

A farmer wants to increase the triangular area he has fenced off for his cattle to graze into a larger similar triangle. Using the information given. determine which (if any) similarity postulate he used in making his new cattle fence similar to his old cattle fence. V 12 35° 16 35 18 24

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A farmer wants to increase the triangular area he has fenced off for his cattle to graze into a larger similar triangle. Using the information given.
determine which (if any) similarity postulate he used in making his new cattle fence similar to his old cattle fence.
Y
12
16
35°
35
T.
18
24
O AA similarity postulate
O SAS similarity postulate
O These triangular fences are not similar; no similarity postulate is possible to prove the two triangles similar
SsS similarity postulate

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