The figure shows triangle ABC and line segment PQ, which is parallel to BC:
Triangle ABC has a point P on side AB and point Q on side AC. The line PQ is parallel to the line BC.
Part A: Is triangle ABC similar to triangle APQ? Explain using what you know about triangle similarity.
Part B: Which line segment on triangle APQ corresponds to line segment BC? Explain your answer.
Part C: Which angle on triangle APQ corresponds to angle B? Explain your answer.
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Triangle ABC and triangle APQ are similar.
To establish similarity, we need to show that the corresponding angles are congruent and the corresponding sides are proportional.
By construction, we know that line segment PQ is parallel to line BC. Therefore, ∠P and ∠B are corresponding angles, and they are congruent because corresponding angles formed by a transversal intersecting parallel lines are congruent.
Additionally, we can observe that ∠A and ∠A are corresponding angles, and they are also congruent because all triangles have congruent interior angles due to the angle sum property.
We also need to establish the proportionality of the corresponding sides.
In triangle ABC, side AB corresponds to side AP, and side AC corresponds to side AQ.
To show that these sides are proportional, we can use the proportional side theorem.
According to this theorem, if a line is parallel to one side of a triangle and intersects the other two sides, it divides those sides proportionally.
Since line segment PQ is parallel to line BC and intersects sides AB and AC, we can conclude that the corresponding sides AB and AP, as well as AC and AQ, are proportional.
Therefore, we have shown that triangle ABC and triangle APQ are similar.
Part B: The line segment AP corresponds to segment BC. This is because both segments connect the same two vertices -- A and B/C -- and they lie on parallel lines.
Part C: The angle ∠P corresponds to angle B. This is because they are corresponding angles formed by parallel lines intersected by a transversal. Therefore, ∠P and ∠B are congruent.