SOLUTION: http://prntscr.com/aaisbq I know we have to use corollary 2 to theorem 7-3 and corollary 1 to theorem 7-3, but I'm not sure how to use them here. I keep getting the incorrect answ

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Question 1023074: http://prntscr.com/aaisbq
I know we have to use corollary 2 to theorem 7-3 and corollary 1 to theorem 7-3, but I'm not sure how to use them here. I keep getting the incorrect answer.

Answer by solver91311(24713) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!


Sure, no problem. I'll just use my chicken bones, Tarot cards, and crystal ball to peer into the mystic mists so that I can determine exactly which Geometry text you are using and then go back to my extensive library of every Geometry text that has ever been written so that I can look up Theorem 7-3 and its corollaries. NOT.

Be that as it may, you have three similar triangles, ABC, ABD, and BCD. You can set up proportions:





Solve for

Use a similar strategy to find

John

My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it