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Example Question #252 : Geometry And Graphs
A triangle has one angle measure of degrees and another of degrees. Find the measure of the third angle.
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For all triangles, the sum of the three angles is equal to degrees. Therefore, if you are given two angles and you need to solve for the third one, you need to add the two angles you know and subtract that from . Because and because , the third angle has a measure of degrees.
Example Question #21 : Angles And Triangles
If one angle of an isosceles triangle measures 120, what are the other two angle measures?
First we need to recall that whenever we add up all 3 angles of any given triangle, the sum will always be .
In an isosceles triangle two of the angles are congruent. Since we are told that one of the angles of our triangle is we know that this is an obtuse triangle, since 120 is greater than 90.
We need to subtract 120 from 180 to find the remainder of the triangle which is
Since we are working with an isosceles triangle, we know that the remaining two angles are going to be congruent. To find the degree of the angles we simply divide 60 by 2. Our answer is; both angles are
Example Question #1 : Similar Triangles And Proportions
Which of the following statements is not a consequence of the statement
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is simply a restatement of , since the names of the corresponding vertices of the similar triangles are still in the same relative positions.
is a consequence of , since corresponding angles of similar triangles are, by definition, congruent.
is a consequence of , since corresponding sides of similar triangles are, by definition, in proportion.
However, similar triangles need not have congruent corresponding sides. Therefore, it does not necessarily follow that . This is the correct choice.
Example Question #2 : Similar Triangles And Proportions
Which of the following statements follows from the statement ?
The similarity of two triangles implies nothing about the relationship of two angles of the same triangle. Therefore, can be eliminated.
The similarity of two triangles implies that corresponding angles between the triangles are congruent. However, because of the positions of the letters, in corresponds to , not , in , so . The statement can be eliminated.
Similarity of two triangles does not imply any congruence between sides of the triangles, so can be eliminated.
Similarity of triangles implies that corresponding sides are in proportion. and in correspond, respectively, to and in . Therefore, it follows that , and this statement is the correct choice.
Example Question #1221 : Ged Math
Note: Figure NOT drawn to scale.
Refer to the above diagram. If , which of the following is false?
is a right angle
Suppose .
Corresponding angles of similar triangles are congruent, so . Also, , so, since is a right angle, so is .
Corresponding sides of similar triangles are in proportion. Since
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the similarity ratio of to is 3.
By the Pythagorean Theorem, since is the hypotenuse of a right triangle with legs 6 and 8, its measure is
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, so is a true statement.
But , so is false if the triangles are similar. This is the correct choice.
Example Question #2 : Similar Triangles And Proportions
Note: Figures NOT drawn to scale.
Refer to the above figures. Given that , evaluate .
By the Pythagorean Theorem, since is the hypotenuse of a right triangle with legs 6 and 8, its measure is
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The similarity ratio of to is
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Likewise,
Example Question #2 : Similar Triangles And Proportions
Note: Figures NOT drawn to scale.
Refer to the above figures. Given that , give the area of .
Corresponding angles of similar triangles are congruent, so, since is right, so is . This makes and the legs of a right triangle, so its area is half their product.
By the Pythagorean Theorem, since is the hypotenuse of a right triangle with legs 6 and 8, its measure is
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The similarity ratio of to is
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This can be used to find and :
The area of is therefore
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Example Question #1 : Similar Triangles And Proportions
In the figure below, the two triangles are similar. Find the value of .
Since the two triangles are similar, we know that their corresponding sides must be in the same ratio to each other. Thus, we can write the following equation:
Now, solve for .
Example Question #1222 : Ged Math
The two legs of a right triangle measure 30 and 40. What is its perimeter?
By the Pythagorean Theorem, if are the legs of a right triangle and is its hypotenuse,
Substitute and solve for :
The perimeter of the triangle is
Example Question #1223 : Ged Math
A right triangle has legs 30 and 40. Give its perimeter.
The hypotenuse of the right triangle can be calculated using the Pythagorean theorem:
Add the three sides: