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Re: If angle BAD is a right angle, what is the length of side

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Bunuel wrote:
BN1989 wrote:
If AC is perpendicular to BD, then AC is the altitude from the right angle, isn't it? That would imply that triangles ABC and ACD are similar, so that angle CDA is equal to angle ABC, thus making triangle ABD an isoeleces right triangle and you could calculate BD then. What is wrong with that argumentation?


Yes, the perpendicular to the hypotenuse will always divide the triangle into two triangles with the same properties as the original triangle. But the corresponding (equal) angles would be BAC and ADC (also DAC and ABC) not CDA and ABC.

Hope it's clear.


i dint understood these part bunuel
how to find corresponding angles of similar triangles?

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