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Similar Triangles

Similar triangles

In the figure above, $\triangle ABC \sim \triangle DEF$. $\overline{AB}=30$, $\overline{BC}=25$, $\overline{AC}=27$, $\overline{DE}=20$, $\measuredangle{A}=65$, and $\measuredangle{F}=70$.

  1. What is $\measuredangle C$?
  2. What is $\measuredangle D$?
  3. What is $\measuredangle E$?
  4. What is $\measuredangle B$?
  5. What is the length of $\overline{EF}$?
  6. What is the length of $\overline{DF}$?
Similar triangles (inside one triangle)

In the figure above, $\overline{DE} \parallel \overline{AC}$. $\overline{AB}=10$, $\overline{BC}=12$, $\overline{AC}=8$, $\overline{DE}=6$, $\measuredangle{A}=90$, and $\measuredangle{C}=40$.

  1. What is $\measuredangle BED$?
  2. What is $\measuredangle BDE$?
  3. What is $\measuredangle B$?
  4. What is the length of $\overline{BE}$?
  5. What is the length of $\overline{BD}$?

 

Similar triangles

In the figure above, $\overline{DE} \parallel \overline{AB}$. $\overline{AB}=42$, $\overline{BC}=30$, $\overline{AC}=27$, $\overline{DE}=36$, $\measuredangle{A}=50$, and $\measuredangle{E}=70$.

  1. What is $\measuredangle C$?
  2. What is $\measuredangle EDC$?
  3. What is $\measuredangle B$?
  4. What is the perimeter of $\triangle DEC$?

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