SOLUTION: Prove that if an acute angle of one right triangle is congruent to an acute angle of another right triangle, the triangles are similar.

SOLUTION: Prove that if an acute angle of one right triangle is congruent to an acute angle of another right triangle, the triangles are similar.

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Question 836670: Prove that if an acute angle of one right triangle is congruent to an acute angle of another right triangle, the triangles are similar.
Answer by richard1234(7193) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Call the acute angle

. Then both triangles have two angles with measure

and

, so both triangles will also have an angle with measure

. By AAA similarity, the two triangles are similar.
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