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Showing posts with label simillar triangles. Show all posts
Showing posts with label simillar triangles. Show all posts

Tuesday, December 11, 2007

Triangles




The two triangles are similar. They both share a common angle and the smaller one is inside the larger one. For instance two triangles of the same angle degrees intwine. The small triangle has sides of 3 and 5. The large triangle has sides of 8 and an unknown number we should call "z". Our job is to find out what "z" is.



8/3 = z/5
8/3 = 2.6
2.6 * 5 = 13.3