Question

The figure below shows a bamboo structure.



What is the length of CN, rounded to the nearest hundredth? Show all the steps you used to find your answer.

Answer 1

please, please help<3 I'd really appreciate it.

Answer 2

hope u are familiar with similarity ..?

Answer 3

triangle ACB is similar to triangle ANC
so next u need to write the corresponding parts\[\frac{ AC }{ AN }=\frac{ BC }{ CN }=\frac{ AB }{ AC }\]

Answer 4

ok go on

Answer 5

putting values ...u get \[\frac{ AC }{ 5}=\frac{ BC }{ CN }=\frac{ 11 }{ AC } \]

Answer 6

but here ...u should at least know ..BC !!

Answer 7

Sorry, what? Could you explain?

Answer 8

do u agree that ..triangles ...CNB is also similar to ANC ??