Question

there are two triangles one leg is 160m in the first triangle. In the Second it is h. The hypothenus is 144. the other is 288. What is the h on the smaller triangle?

Answer 1

Assuming similar triangles, set up a ratio

Answer 2

Well, I realize that they are similar because they're apparently right triangles

Answer 3

we are setting up a proportion

Answer 4

yes they are right angles

Answer 5

Not all right triangles are similar

Answer 6

they are similar though in this problem

Answer 7

Well the 160 belongs to the larger triangle, because the hypotenuse is the largest side of a triangle. \[\frac{288}{160}=\frac{144}{x}\]

Answer 8

okay thanks for the proportion can help me solve it