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Algebra.Com's Answer #102005 by jim_thompson5910(35256)![]() ![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! First, we need to find the missing angles of each triangle. \r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "For the first triangle, first add up the two given angles 69 and 48 to get \r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Now subtract 117 from 180 to get\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "So the first triangle has these angles\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " ![]() \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "---------------------------------------------------------\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "For the second triangle, first add up the two given angles 63 and 48 to get \r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Now subtract 111 from 180 to get\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "So the second triangle has these angles\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " ![]() \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "------------------------------------------------------------\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "For the third triangle, first add up the two given angles 63 and 48 to get \r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Now subtract 111 from 180 to get\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "So the third triangle has these angles\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " ![]() \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "----------------------------------------------------------\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Summary:\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "So the three triangles have these angles\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " ![]() \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "----------------------------------------------------------\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Answer:\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Remember, similar triangles have equal angles. From the figure, we can see that triangles a) and b) have equal angles. So triangles a) and b) are similar triangles. \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |