Use ΔABC shown below to answer the question that follows:

Triangle ABC with segment AD drawn from vertex A and intersecting side CB.

What statement is needed to prove that ΔABC is similar to ΔDBA?
Segment BC is a hypotenuse.
Angle B is congruent to itself.
Segment BA is shorter than segment BC.
Segment BC is intersected by segment AD.

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Use ΔABC shown below to answer the question that follows:

Triangle ABC with segment AD drawn from vertex A and intersecting side CB.

What statement is needed to prove that ΔABC is similar to ΔDBA?
 Segment BC is a hypotenuse. 
Angle B is congruent to itself. 
Segment BA is shorter than segment BC. 
Segment BC is intersected by segment AD.

anonymous · Answer

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anonymous · Answer

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welshfella · Answer

I assume that AD is perpendicular to CB    - right?

welshfella · Answer

- it must be for the triangles to be similar

welshfella · Answer

so that is one pair of angles which are congruent in the 2 triangles ( the 2 right angles)
Now you have to show that another pair of angles are congruent.