Consider a right triangle ABC with the right angle being BAC. Draw a line from vertex A to the hypotenuse BC such that this line intersects BC at a point D and angles BDA and CDA are both right angles. Prove that the three triangles ABC, BDA and CDA are all similar. (Recall two triangles are similar if all of their angles are respectively equal.) See diagram below.
Consider a right triangle ABC with the right angle being BAC. Draw a line from vertex A to the hypotenuse BC such that this line intersects BC at a point D and angles BDA and CDA are both right angles. Prove that the three triangles ABC, BDA and CDA are all similar. (Recall two triangles are similar if all of their angles are respectively equal.) See diagram below.
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Consider a right triangle ABC with the right angle being BAC. Draw a line from vertex A to the hypotenuse BC such that this line intersects BC at a point D and
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Transcribed Image Text:restart : with( plots) : with(plottools) :
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