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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Geometry help needed! Medal!

OpenStudy (anonymous):

OpenStudy (anonymous):

@gorv @ganeshie8

OpenStudy (gorv):

side AB=AC

OpenStudy (anonymous):

I got that much, it's marked on the triangle that they are congruent.

OpenStudy (gorv):

what u call a triangle with 2 sides equal??

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Isosceles

OpenStudy (gorv):

very gud ....and anything abt equality of angle?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

In Isosceles triangles two angles must be congruent? Because two sides are congruent, the opposite angles must be as well

OpenStudy (gorv):

yeah ...

OpenStudy (gorv):

now u have two triangle

OpenStudy (gorv):

ABD and ACD

OpenStudy (anonymous):

But how can we prove that angles DBA and CDA are right angles?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Don't I need that information to solve for y?

OpenStudy (gorv):

both triangle have one angle equal right??

OpenStudy (gorv):

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OpenStudy (anonymous):

So y = 43?

OpenStudy (gorv):

AB=AC

OpenStudy (gorv):

AD=AD common of both triangle so they are congruent

OpenStudy (gorv):

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