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I need help with part a. Please help!

Date Posted: 4 years ago
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LEE MIN CHONG JACK
LEE MIN CHONG JACK
4 years ago
Basically, you should know that angle ACB = angle DAB = 90 deg. Thus, You can use the RHS similarity test here.

Question says that AB bisects Angle CBD. This means angle CBA = angle ABD. Let’s assign an algebraic term to these 2 angles. Let x = angle CBA = angle ABD.

Since we have 2 right angles triangles in ABC and DBA, we can use trigonometry.

For triangle DBA, we can deduce tan(x) = opp/adj = AD/AB = 9/22

For triangle ABC, we deduce that tan(x) = AC/BC

Since tan(x) = 9/22,
AC/BC = 9/22

Since the corresponding ratio of both sides of the triangles are equal, the RHS test is fulfilled and hence triangle ABC and DBA are similar.

Tip: recognise that RHS is also applicable to similarity.

Hope this helps!;)

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Amirah Nurhuda
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4 answers (Tutor Details)
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use properties of angles within a circle to derive which angles are equal
with 2 equal angles in the two triangles, it is proven that they are similar
Wenting
Wenting
4 years ago
How u know AB bisects angle CBD?
Amirah Nurhuda
Amirah Nurhuda
4 years ago
given in the question! :)
Wenting
Wenting
4 years ago
Oops sryy :) thank you!
Amirah Nurhuda
Amirah Nurhuda
4 years ago
no problem!!