Wednesday, August 3, 2011

8th grade geometry problem?

In triangle ABC( figure is not given), AB=8, AC=6, D is a point on AC, AD=2. E is a point on AB, so that triangle ADE is similar to triangle ABC, what is the length of AE? Hint: there are two scenarios: DE is parallel to BC and DE is not parallel to BC.

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