Suppose you are given two right triangles with one pair of corresponding legs and the pair of

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Suppose you are given two right triangles with one pair of corresponding legs and the pair of corresponding hypotenuses having the same length ratios.

a. The lengths of the given pair of corresponding legs are 6 and 18, and the lengths of the hypotenuses are 10 and 30. Use the Pythagorean Theorem to solve for the lengths of the other pair of corresponding legs. Draw a diagram. 

b. Write the ratio of the lengths of the second pair of corresponding legs. 

c. Are these triangles similar? Does this suggest a Hypotenuse-Leg Similarity Theorem for right triangles?

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Holt McDougal Larson Geometry

ISBN: 9780547315171

1st Edition

Authors: Ron Larson, Laurie Boswell, Timothy D. Kanold, Lee Stiff

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