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OpenStudy (beginnercountrysinger):

can some explain to me how to do triangle similarity proofs?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Google it

OpenStudy (beginnercountrysinger):

i did

OpenStudy (beginnercountrysinger):

it didn't help

OpenStudy (kinggeorge):

Most times when you're trying to prove to triangles are similar, you'll need to prove something else first. In my experience, you'll usually have to show that all 3 angles of one triangle are equal to all three angles of the other.

OpenStudy (beginnercountrysinger):

okay! can you explain the formula's?

OpenStudy (kinggeorge):

What formulas?

OpenStudy (beginnercountrysinger):

like this

OpenStudy (beginnercountrysinger):

Using the given theorem, which two statements help to prove that if segment UW is x, then x2 = 13?

OpenStudy (kinggeorge):

Looking at that, you'd likely need to show that there's some other segment that has length 13, and then perhaps by showing that two triangles are similar, you also know that the other segment has length \(x^2\).

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