SOLUTION: GIVEN: angle G is a right angle. angle k is a right angle. HJ= 1/2 (MD). Prove that triangle GHJ is similar to triangle KMO.

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Question 1105283: GIVEN: angle G is a right angle. angle k is a right angle. HJ= 1/2 (MD). Prove that triangle GHJ is similar to triangle KMO.

Found 2 solutions by ikleyn, greenestamps:
Answer by ikleyn(52790) About Me  (Show Source):
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GIVEN: angle G is a right angle. angle k is a right angle. HJ= 1/2 (MD). Prove that triangle GHJ is similar to triangle KMO.
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Answer by greenestamps(13200) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!


I will accommodate your sloppiness and assume that "MD" is supposed to be "MO"; otherwise the problem makes no sense.

But then it is NOT possible to prove that the two right triangles are similar. The only thing we know about the two right triangles is that the hypotenuse of one is half the hypotenuse of the other. That most definitely does NOT make the two right triangles similar.