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John
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7/28/08
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Proof Question I spent 2 days already
Posted:
Jul 28, 2008 3:02 AM
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hey teachers and experts
I have this extreme problem which took me 2 days to look over
There are 3 proof parts, a and b are easy to prove anyway
but I am stuck with problem c
Please take a look at this original problem
http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h187/jwxie/untitled-6.jpg
The givens are the following
RS and QT are the altitude of Triangle PQR;
PQ = RU
I did part A using "AA ~ AA"
Since altitude makes a right angle, so
<QSU , <UTR are both right angles
then next we have the vertex angles...
Part B I used AAS =~ AAS
<PTQ = <UTR (Right angle)
<URT = <SQU (already proven from part A)
and side is the given
Now, part C is the problem
The question is
FIND < PRQ (angle)
here what I did for 2 days
http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h187/jwxie/untitled-5.jpg
I tried to setup a 3-variable equations
360 = 180+ (180-y) + z
z = 90+x
x = 90-y
but I always get the same answer 0 = 0 which means this is not the equation to solve for either unknown variable
Would someone please help me to find it?
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