If the altitude is drawn to the hypotenuse of a right triangle, then the two triangles formed are similar to the original triangle and to each other.
The sides measuring 8 and x are the longest legs on the right triangles.
Sides measuring 10 and 5 are the hypotenuse of the right triangles.
To find x, create a proportion.
8 x
--- = ---
10 5
Cross multiply and solve for x.
10x = 40
Answer: x = 4
Guided Practice:
1) Find X
Citations:
- http://mahigulshan97.blogspot.com/
- http://www.nexuslearning.net/books/ML-Geometry/Chapter9/ML%20Geometry%209-1%20Similar%20Right%20Triangles.pdf
- http://www.stopdown.net/education.htm
That's nice way of teaching maths geometry to kids, I am here to share simple definition of triangle.A triangle that has all angles less than 90°and Right Isosceles Triangle has a right angle (90°), and also two equal angles.
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