SOLUTION: Square ABCD has 8-inch sides, M is the midpoint of BC, and N is the intersection of AM and diagonal BD. Find the lengths of NB, NM, NA, and ND.

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Question 1154271: Square ABCD has 8-inch sides, M is the midpoint of BC, and N is the intersection of AM and diagonal BD. Find the lengths of NB, NM, NA, and ND.
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20056)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!



Draw PQ through N parallel to AB

 



     
           















By similar triangles,



By the Pythagorean theorem,














You finish by finding NB and ND the same way.

Edwin
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