Question

help please!!!!! The vertices of triangle PQR on a coordinate grid are P (-2, 0), Q 0, 4), and R (2, 0). Provide the coordinates of the vertices A, B, and C of triangle ABC that is similar to PQR, and explain why the two triangles are similar

Answer 1

This is geometry!

Answer 2

I am aware of it. This is coordinate geometry.

Answer 3

yes please help me ): if you know! Im taking this course online

Answer 4

@HellBoy

Answer 5

are you sure there's nothing missing? because there seems to be an infinite number of possible answers here

Answer 6

Yeah their is an infinite number of possible answers its a fill in the blank answer I just need an idea of how to even start cause I have no clue /: PLEASE @xlegendx

Answer 7

well similar triangles have proportional sides.. so let's say your triangle's side lengths are 3-4-5...then something similar would be 6-8-10

Answer 8

So i should find the distance between the segments first and then make up porportional sides?

Answer 9

yes..or you can just add certain numbers to your coordinates

Answer 10

im so confused ):

Answer 11

let's say you have (-6,0) (6,0) and (0,6)

a similar triangle would be (-3,0) (3,0) and (0,3)

Answer 12

see how i divided the coordinates by 2 to get the similar triangle?

Answer 13

so my cordinates being (0,4) it would then be (0,2) as a new cordinate for similar triangle
?

Answer 14

yes. but make sure that whatever value you divide in the first, you use that same number with the rest

Answer 15

so you divide the other coordinates with 2 as well

Answer 16

OHHHHHH okay thank you so much!!!!