Question

if the measures of sides ab and BC of angle abc are 5 cm and 8 cm and the height corresponding to the side ab is 6 CM then find the height of the triangle corresponding to the side BC

Answer 1

Answer:

The ΔA

′

BC

′

whose sides are

4

3

of the corresponding sides of ΔABC can be drawn as follows:

Step 1: Draw a ΔABC with side BC=6cm,AB=5cm,∠ABC=60

∘

Step 2: Draw a ray BX making an acute angle with BC on the opposite side of vertex A.

Step 3: Locate 4 points, B

1

,B

2

,B

3

,B

4

on line segment BX.

Step 4: Join B

4

C and draw a line through B

3

, parallel to B

4

C intersecting BC at C

′

.

Step 5: Draw a line through C

′

parallel to AC intersecting AB at A

′

.

The triangle A

′

BC

′

is the required triangle.