A square inscribed in a right triangle | Mathematics | Page 1

remote lake Oct 31, 2022, 1:48 PM

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find x

royal horizon Oct 31, 2022, 1:51 PM

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The two small triangles are similar so you can get length of one side of triangle below by ratio then solve by Pythagoras theorem

remote lake Oct 31, 2022, 1:58 PM

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royal horizon The two small triangles are similar so you can get length of one side of triangl...

can u show the working please

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the similarity part is good but after that i cant really figure it out

teal narwhalBOT Oct 31, 2022, 2:08 PM

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remote lake Oct 31, 2022, 2:09 PM

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k thnx

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got it

royal horizon Oct 31, 2022, 2:09 PM

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Ok

remote lake Oct 31, 2022, 3:45 PM

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im really sorry

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but the teacher said they cant be similar

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can u tell the reason as to why they are similar

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@royal horizon

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wicked tree Oct 31, 2022, 3:59 PM

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remote lake but the teacher said they cant be similar

They aint similar?

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I mean , we assume it to be a right angled triangle right?

remote lake Oct 31, 2022, 4:09 PM

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wicked tree They aint similar?

I mean they should be

wicked tree Oct 31, 2022, 4:13 PM

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Yes they are dude

wicked tree Oct 31, 2022, 4:13 PM

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remote lake I mean they should be

I find no reason why they aint similar

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The only thing being that they havent specified that it is a square

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But if we dont consider that then we cannot solve the question

remote lake Oct 31, 2022, 4:20 PM

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It is a square

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Yes

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@wicked tree

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So then if it is similar

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Then after solving I got 0.4 and 2.7

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The quadratic

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