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NCERT Exercise Exercise 6.3

CD and GH are respectively the bisectors of ∠ACB and ∠EGF such that D and H lie on sides AB and FE of ΔABC and ΔEFG respectively. If ΔABC ~ ΔFEG, Show that:

(i) CD/GH = AC/FG
(ii) ΔDCB ~ ΔHGE
(iii) ΔDCA ~ ΔHGF


(i) It is given that ΔABC ~ ΔFEG.
∴ ∠A = ∠F, ∠B = ∠E, and ∠ACB = ∠FGE
∠ACB = ∠FGE
∴ ∠ACD = ∠FGH (Angle bisector)
And, ∠DCB = ∠HGE (Angle bisector)
In ΔACD and ΔFGH,
∠A = ∠F (Proved above)
∠ACD = ∠FGH (Proved above)
∴ ΔACD ~ ΔFGH (By AA similarity criterion)

⇒ CD/GH = AC/FG

 

(ii) In ΔDCB and ΔHGE,
∠DCB = ∠HGE (Proved above)
∠B = ∠E (Proved above)
∴ ΔDCB ~ ΔHGE (By AA similarity criterion)

(iii) In ΔDCA and ΔHGF,
∠ACD = ∠FGH (Proved above)
∠A = ∠F (Proved above)
∴ ΔDCA ~ ΔHGF (By AA similarity criterion)

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