In the figure given identify the congruent and/or similar triangles and find the value of x and y?
1 Answer
Mar 17, 2018
See explanation.
Explanation:
From the information about side lengths we can see that all angles are right angled and isosceles. we can say that:
#DEF# and#BST# are similar to#DBC# (all 3 triangles have identical angles).
Now we know that:
#DEF# is congruent to#BST# (corresponding sides are equal)
To calculate
#|BD|^2+|CD|^2=|BC|^2#
Now w euse the Pythagorean theorem for