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November 18th, 2008, 07:33 PM
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Prove that BC = 2XY 
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November 18th, 2008, 07:35 PM
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I think you need to prove that they are similiar triangles not sure though |
November 18th, 2008, 07:36 PM
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Sorry, picture is uploaded now |
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| | geometry proof
originally posted by ferken
yes the proof is easy.you have two similar triangles and they are in the ratio of 1 to 2
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November 18th, 2008, 07:56 PM
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hmmm
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they're similar by SAS |
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| | grometry proof
originally posted by ferken
Additional help requested
the line connecting the midpoints of two sides of a triangle is parallel to the third side. from this you can show that triangle AXY is similar to ABC by angle-angle- angle
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