document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=229565>Question 229565</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> HELLP!!!!!!!!!! How do you find the height of a similiar triangle???? I have not seen this since 1985!!! One triangle in C A B with the ht being 5 ft and  angle C B being 9 ft. The other triangle is F D E with F E being 11 ft.I need to determine the Height of FG from DEF.I would like to try and figure it out myself but I don't know how to and the book for this class (HA-HA) is useless.There are no examples in this book!I have been up all night trying to figure this out!!! </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #170170 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=stanbon><B>stanbon(75887)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=stanbon><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=170170\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> How do you find the height of a similiar triangle???? I have not seen this since 1985!!! One triangle in C A B with the ht being 5 ft and angle C B being 9 ft. The other triangle is F D E with F E being 11 ft.I need to determine the Height of FG from DEF.I would like to try and figure it out myself but I don't know how to and the book for this class (HA-HA) is useless.There are no examples in this book!I have been up all night trying to figure this out!!!<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I cannot tell from your description what the corresponding sides are.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If you said ABC is similar to DEF I would know that AB corresponds to DE<BR>\n" );
document.write( "and BC corresponds to EF because of the position in the description.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Then if you said that AB was 5 and DE was 8 and you asked what EF is<BR>\n" );
document.write( "if BC is 7, I would set up a proportion and solve for EF as follows:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "EF/BC = DE/AB<BR>\n" );
document.write( "EF/7 = 8/5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "EF = 7(8/5)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "EF = 56/5 = 11 1/5 or 11.2<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The heights would also follow the same proportion.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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