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proportional relationships for

9.5 PARTS OF SIMILAR TRIANGLES corresponding angle
bisectors, altitudes and
medians of similar triangles
ALTITUDES AND MEDIANS
A MEDIAN of a triangle is An ALTITUDE of a triangle is
a segment with endpoints a segment from a vertex to
being a vertex of a the line containing the
triangle and the midpoint opposite side and
of the opposite side
perpendicular to the line
containing that side.
SPECIAL SEGMENTS OF SIMILAR TRIANGLES
If two triangles are similar, the
lengths of corresponding
altitudes are proportional to the
lengths of corresponding sides.
𝐴𝐷 𝐴𝐵
Δ𝐴𝐵𝐶 ∼ Δ𝐹𝐺𝐻, then 𝐹𝐽
= 𝐹𝐺
SPECIAL SEGMENTS OF SIMILAR TRIANGLES
If two triangles are similar, the
lengths of corresponding angle
bisectors are proportional to the
lengths of corresponding sides.
𝐿𝑃 𝐿𝑀
If Δ𝐾𝐿𝑀 ∼ Δ𝑄𝑅𝑆, then =
𝑅𝑇 𝑅𝑆
SPECIAL SEGMENTS OF SIMILAR TRIANGLES
If two triangles are similar, the
lengths of corresponding
medians are proportional to the
lengths of corresponding sides.
𝐶𝐷 𝐴𝐵
If Δ𝐴𝐵𝐶 ∼ Δ𝑊𝑋𝑌, =
𝑌𝑍 𝑊𝑋
TRIANGLE ANGLE BISECTOR
An angle bisector in a triangle
separates the opposite side into two
segments that are proportional to
the lengths of the other two sides
If 𝐽𝑀 is an angle bisector of Δ𝐽𝐾𝐿,
𝐾𝑀 𝐾𝐽
Then =
𝐿𝑀 𝐿𝐽
EX 1: FIND X
Δ𝐾𝑀𝐿 ∼ Δ𝑋𝑌𝑍
A. 𝑃𝑀 𝐾𝑀
𝑄𝑌
= 𝑋𝑌
16 20
= 15
𝑥
4𝑥 = 48
𝑥 = 12
B. If 𝐴𝐵 and 𝐽𝐾 are altitudes, Δ𝐷𝐴𝐶 ∼ Δ𝑀𝐽𝐿, 𝐴𝐵 = 9, 𝐴𝐷 = 4𝑥 − 8,
𝐽𝐾 = 21 and 𝐽𝑀 = 5𝑥 + 3, find 𝑥.
𝐴𝐵 𝐴𝐷
=
𝐽𝐾 𝐽𝑀
9 4𝑥 − 8
=
21 5𝑥 + 3
3 5𝑥 + 3 = 7 4𝑥 − 8
15𝑥 + 9 = 28𝑥 − 56
−13𝑥 = −65
𝑥=5
 EX 2: FIND X
A B 11 20 − 𝑥
𝑥 4 =
= 14 𝑥
13 6 11𝑥 = 14 20 − 𝑥
3𝑥 = 26
11𝑥 = 280 − 14𝑥
𝑥 = 26/3
25𝑥 = 280
𝑥 = 11.2
 EX 3: FIND X
A.
12 24
=
14 2𝑥
6 12
=
7 𝑥
6𝑥 = 84
𝑥 = 14
 2𝑥 + 1 40
B. =
𝑥+4 25

5 2𝑥 + 1 = 8(𝑥 + 4)

10𝑥 + 5 = 8𝑥 + 32
2𝑥 = 27
𝑥 = 13.5