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We have two different triangles $triangle ABC$ and $triangle A'B'C'$.
Now we have a relation between heights $AH$ and $A'H'$.Actually $H$ and $H'$ are the points on $BC$ and $B'C'$ sides. $$frac{AH}{A'H'}=x$$
Now we must prove that $$ triangle ABC thicksim triangle A'B'C'$$
Actually I have done something. But unhopefully no results!
If $triangle ABC$ and $triangle A'B'C'$ are similiar then we have:
$$frac{AC}{A'C'}= frac{AB}{A'B'}= frac{BC}{'BC'}$$
But it must be proved and we don't know that it is true or not.



And
$$AH=ACsinangle C$$
$$A'H'=A'C'sinangle C'$$
Now any ideas to prove that these triangles are similiar?!










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    There is definitely some key information missing here. Every pair of triangles satisfies that their heights are in some relation. Please provide the full problem description.
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  • What do you mean @maxmilgram ? I explained everething about the problem and there is no anything else!
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    Nov 15 at 8:17






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    even for given $x$ there are countless examples of triangles that satisfy your condition that are not similar. Thus your problem can not be solved. Trust me, there is definitely some key information missing!
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  • Something is missing if it is only the height from $A$ (in one triangle) and the height from $A'$ (in the other) we have information on. One height alone cannot determine the "shape" of a triangle, i.e. specification of one height alone cannot force a triangle to be similar to another given triangle. Maybe you have information on the other heights, say $BI$, $CJ$, $B'I'$, $C'J'$, as well?
    – Jeppe Stig Nielsen
    Nov 15 at 8:31















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We have two different triangles $triangle ABC$ and $triangle A'B'C'$.
Now we have a relation between heights $AH$ and $A'H'$.Actually $H$ and $H'$ are the points on $BC$ and $B'C'$ sides. $$frac{AH}{A'H'}=x$$
Now we must prove that $$ triangle ABC thicksim triangle A'B'C'$$
Actually I have done something. But unhopefully no results!
If $triangle ABC$ and $triangle A'B'C'$ are similiar then we have:
$$frac{AC}{A'C'}= frac{AB}{A'B'}= frac{BC}{'BC'}$$
But it must be proved and we don't know that it is true or not.



And
$$AH=ACsinangle C$$
$$A'H'=A'C'sinangle C'$$
Now any ideas to prove that these triangles are similiar?!










share|cite|improve this question


















  • 1




    There is definitely some key information missing here. Every pair of triangles satisfies that their heights are in some relation. Please provide the full problem description.
    – maxmilgram
    Nov 15 at 8:04










  • What do you mean @maxmilgram ? I explained everething about the problem and there is no anything else!
    – user602338
    Nov 15 at 8:17






  • 1




    even for given $x$ there are countless examples of triangles that satisfy your condition that are not similar. Thus your problem can not be solved. Trust me, there is definitely some key information missing!
    – maxmilgram
    Nov 15 at 8:20










  • Something is missing if it is only the height from $A$ (in one triangle) and the height from $A'$ (in the other) we have information on. One height alone cannot determine the "shape" of a triangle, i.e. specification of one height alone cannot force a triangle to be similar to another given triangle. Maybe you have information on the other heights, say $BI$, $CJ$, $B'I'$, $C'J'$, as well?
    – Jeppe Stig Nielsen
    Nov 15 at 8:31













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We have two different triangles $triangle ABC$ and $triangle A'B'C'$.
Now we have a relation between heights $AH$ and $A'H'$.Actually $H$ and $H'$ are the points on $BC$ and $B'C'$ sides. $$frac{AH}{A'H'}=x$$
Now we must prove that $$ triangle ABC thicksim triangle A'B'C'$$
Actually I have done something. But unhopefully no results!
If $triangle ABC$ and $triangle A'B'C'$ are similiar then we have:
$$frac{AC}{A'C'}= frac{AB}{A'B'}= frac{BC}{'BC'}$$
But it must be proved and we don't know that it is true or not.



And
$$AH=ACsinangle C$$
$$A'H'=A'C'sinangle C'$$
Now any ideas to prove that these triangles are similiar?!










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We have two different triangles $triangle ABC$ and $triangle A'B'C'$.
Now we have a relation between heights $AH$ and $A'H'$.Actually $H$ and $H'$ are the points on $BC$ and $B'C'$ sides. $$frac{AH}{A'H'}=x$$
Now we must prove that $$ triangle ABC thicksim triangle A'B'C'$$
Actually I have done something. But unhopefully no results!
If $triangle ABC$ and $triangle A'B'C'$ are similiar then we have:
$$frac{AC}{A'C'}= frac{AB}{A'B'}= frac{BC}{'BC'}$$
But it must be proved and we don't know that it is true or not.



And
$$AH=ACsinangle C$$
$$A'H'=A'C'sinangle C'$$
Now any ideas to prove that these triangles are similiar?!







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    There is definitely some key information missing here. Every pair of triangles satisfies that their heights are in some relation. Please provide the full problem description.
    – maxmilgram
    Nov 15 at 8:04










  • What do you mean @maxmilgram ? I explained everething about the problem and there is no anything else!
    – user602338
    Nov 15 at 8:17






  • 1




    even for given $x$ there are countless examples of triangles that satisfy your condition that are not similar. Thus your problem can not be solved. Trust me, there is definitely some key information missing!
    – maxmilgram
    Nov 15 at 8:20










  • Something is missing if it is only the height from $A$ (in one triangle) and the height from $A'$ (in the other) we have information on. One height alone cannot determine the "shape" of a triangle, i.e. specification of one height alone cannot force a triangle to be similar to another given triangle. Maybe you have information on the other heights, say $BI$, $CJ$, $B'I'$, $C'J'$, as well?
    – Jeppe Stig Nielsen
    Nov 15 at 8:31














  • 1




    There is definitely some key information missing here. Every pair of triangles satisfies that their heights are in some relation. Please provide the full problem description.
    – maxmilgram
    Nov 15 at 8:04










  • What do you mean @maxmilgram ? I explained everething about the problem and there is no anything else!
    – user602338
    Nov 15 at 8:17






  • 1




    even for given $x$ there are countless examples of triangles that satisfy your condition that are not similar. Thus your problem can not be solved. Trust me, there is definitely some key information missing!
    – maxmilgram
    Nov 15 at 8:20










  • Something is missing if it is only the height from $A$ (in one triangle) and the height from $A'$ (in the other) we have information on. One height alone cannot determine the "shape" of a triangle, i.e. specification of one height alone cannot force a triangle to be similar to another given triangle. Maybe you have information on the other heights, say $BI$, $CJ$, $B'I'$, $C'J'$, as well?
    – Jeppe Stig Nielsen
    Nov 15 at 8:31








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There is definitely some key information missing here. Every pair of triangles satisfies that their heights are in some relation. Please provide the full problem description.
– maxmilgram
Nov 15 at 8:04




There is definitely some key information missing here. Every pair of triangles satisfies that their heights are in some relation. Please provide the full problem description.
– maxmilgram
Nov 15 at 8:04












What do you mean @maxmilgram ? I explained everething about the problem and there is no anything else!
– user602338
Nov 15 at 8:17




What do you mean @maxmilgram ? I explained everething about the problem and there is no anything else!
– user602338
Nov 15 at 8:17




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even for given $x$ there are countless examples of triangles that satisfy your condition that are not similar. Thus your problem can not be solved. Trust me, there is definitely some key information missing!
– maxmilgram
Nov 15 at 8:20




even for given $x$ there are countless examples of triangles that satisfy your condition that are not similar. Thus your problem can not be solved. Trust me, there is definitely some key information missing!
– maxmilgram
Nov 15 at 8:20












Something is missing if it is only the height from $A$ (in one triangle) and the height from $A'$ (in the other) we have information on. One height alone cannot determine the "shape" of a triangle, i.e. specification of one height alone cannot force a triangle to be similar to another given triangle. Maybe you have information on the other heights, say $BI$, $CJ$, $B'I'$, $C'J'$, as well?
– Jeppe Stig Nielsen
Nov 15 at 8:31




Something is missing if it is only the height from $A$ (in one triangle) and the height from $A'$ (in the other) we have information on. One height alone cannot determine the "shape" of a triangle, i.e. specification of one height alone cannot force a triangle to be similar to another given triangle. Maybe you have information on the other heights, say $BI$, $CJ$, $B'I'$, $C'J'$, as well?
– Jeppe Stig Nielsen
Nov 15 at 8:31










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It doesn't make sense, to me, saying that one pair of anything is proportional. So I take for granted the OP meant that the three pairs of attitudes are proportional,
that is
$$frac{h_a}{h^prime_a} = frac{h_b}{h^prime_b} = frac{h_c}{h^prime_c}.$$



In this case, it is easy to imply that the two triangles are similar, because $h_a,h_b,h_c$ are reversely proportional to $a,b,c$. More precisely
$$frac{h_a}{h_a^prime} = frac{2S/a}{2S^prime/a^prime} = frac{a^prime}{a} cdot color{red}{frac S{S^prime}},$$
and so
$$frac{a^prime}a = frac{b^prime}{b} = frac{c^prime}c.$$






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  • Yes that is the point i meaned! A big thanks to you Quaung.
    – user602338
    Nov 15 at 8:54










  • @user602338 np, I just made an edit (in red) for more precise argument.
    – Quang Hoang
    Nov 15 at 8:57










  • Thanks! It's very good
    – user602338
    Nov 15 at 8:58










  • Just say that you mean S is ab/2?
    – user602338
    Nov 15 at 8:59










  • Yes, $S= ah_a/2$ is the area.
    – Quang Hoang
    Nov 15 at 9:00


















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It does not imply that triangles whose heights are proportional are necessarely similar. In fact, every pair of triangles have proportional heights. There is probably something missing in your problem.






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    It doesn't make sense, to me, saying that one pair of anything is proportional. So I take for granted the OP meant that the three pairs of attitudes are proportional,
    that is
    $$frac{h_a}{h^prime_a} = frac{h_b}{h^prime_b} = frac{h_c}{h^prime_c}.$$



    In this case, it is easy to imply that the two triangles are similar, because $h_a,h_b,h_c$ are reversely proportional to $a,b,c$. More precisely
    $$frac{h_a}{h_a^prime} = frac{2S/a}{2S^prime/a^prime} = frac{a^prime}{a} cdot color{red}{frac S{S^prime}},$$
    and so
    $$frac{a^prime}a = frac{b^prime}{b} = frac{c^prime}c.$$






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    • Yes that is the point i meaned! A big thanks to you Quaung.
      – user602338
      Nov 15 at 8:54










    • @user602338 np, I just made an edit (in red) for more precise argument.
      – Quang Hoang
      Nov 15 at 8:57










    • Thanks! It's very good
      – user602338
      Nov 15 at 8:58










    • Just say that you mean S is ab/2?
      – user602338
      Nov 15 at 8:59










    • Yes, $S= ah_a/2$ is the area.
      – Quang Hoang
      Nov 15 at 9:00















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    It doesn't make sense, to me, saying that one pair of anything is proportional. So I take for granted the OP meant that the three pairs of attitudes are proportional,
    that is
    $$frac{h_a}{h^prime_a} = frac{h_b}{h^prime_b} = frac{h_c}{h^prime_c}.$$



    In this case, it is easy to imply that the two triangles are similar, because $h_a,h_b,h_c$ are reversely proportional to $a,b,c$. More precisely
    $$frac{h_a}{h_a^prime} = frac{2S/a}{2S^prime/a^prime} = frac{a^prime}{a} cdot color{red}{frac S{S^prime}},$$
    and so
    $$frac{a^prime}a = frac{b^prime}{b} = frac{c^prime}c.$$






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    • Yes that is the point i meaned! A big thanks to you Quaung.
      – user602338
      Nov 15 at 8:54










    • @user602338 np, I just made an edit (in red) for more precise argument.
      – Quang Hoang
      Nov 15 at 8:57










    • Thanks! It's very good
      – user602338
      Nov 15 at 8:58










    • Just say that you mean S is ab/2?
      – user602338
      Nov 15 at 8:59










    • Yes, $S= ah_a/2$ is the area.
      – Quang Hoang
      Nov 15 at 9:00













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    It doesn't make sense, to me, saying that one pair of anything is proportional. So I take for granted the OP meant that the three pairs of attitudes are proportional,
    that is
    $$frac{h_a}{h^prime_a} = frac{h_b}{h^prime_b} = frac{h_c}{h^prime_c}.$$



    In this case, it is easy to imply that the two triangles are similar, because $h_a,h_b,h_c$ are reversely proportional to $a,b,c$. More precisely
    $$frac{h_a}{h_a^prime} = frac{2S/a}{2S^prime/a^prime} = frac{a^prime}{a} cdot color{red}{frac S{S^prime}},$$
    and so
    $$frac{a^prime}a = frac{b^prime}{b} = frac{c^prime}c.$$






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    It doesn't make sense, to me, saying that one pair of anything is proportional. So I take for granted the OP meant that the three pairs of attitudes are proportional,
    that is
    $$frac{h_a}{h^prime_a} = frac{h_b}{h^prime_b} = frac{h_c}{h^prime_c}.$$



    In this case, it is easy to imply that the two triangles are similar, because $h_a,h_b,h_c$ are reversely proportional to $a,b,c$. More precisely
    $$frac{h_a}{h_a^prime} = frac{2S/a}{2S^prime/a^prime} = frac{a^prime}{a} cdot color{red}{frac S{S^prime}},$$
    and so
    $$frac{a^prime}a = frac{b^prime}{b} = frac{c^prime}c.$$







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    • Yes that is the point i meaned! A big thanks to you Quaung.
      – user602338
      Nov 15 at 8:54










    • @user602338 np, I just made an edit (in red) for more precise argument.
      – Quang Hoang
      Nov 15 at 8:57










    • Thanks! It's very good
      – user602338
      Nov 15 at 8:58










    • Just say that you mean S is ab/2?
      – user602338
      Nov 15 at 8:59










    • Yes, $S= ah_a/2$ is the area.
      – Quang Hoang
      Nov 15 at 9:00


















    • Yes that is the point i meaned! A big thanks to you Quaung.
      – user602338
      Nov 15 at 8:54










    • @user602338 np, I just made an edit (in red) for more precise argument.
      – Quang Hoang
      Nov 15 at 8:57










    • Thanks! It's very good
      – user602338
      Nov 15 at 8:58










    • Just say that you mean S is ab/2?
      – user602338
      Nov 15 at 8:59










    • Yes, $S= ah_a/2$ is the area.
      – Quang Hoang
      Nov 15 at 9:00
















    Yes that is the point i meaned! A big thanks to you Quaung.
    – user602338
    Nov 15 at 8:54




    Yes that is the point i meaned! A big thanks to you Quaung.
    – user602338
    Nov 15 at 8:54












    @user602338 np, I just made an edit (in red) for more precise argument.
    – Quang Hoang
    Nov 15 at 8:57




    @user602338 np, I just made an edit (in red) for more precise argument.
    – Quang Hoang
    Nov 15 at 8:57












    Thanks! It's very good
    – user602338
    Nov 15 at 8:58




    Thanks! It's very good
    – user602338
    Nov 15 at 8:58












    Just say that you mean S is ab/2?
    – user602338
    Nov 15 at 8:59




    Just say that you mean S is ab/2?
    – user602338
    Nov 15 at 8:59












    Yes, $S= ah_a/2$ is the area.
    – Quang Hoang
    Nov 15 at 9:00




    Yes, $S= ah_a/2$ is the area.
    – Quang Hoang
    Nov 15 at 9:00










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    It does not imply that triangles whose heights are proportional are necessarely similar. In fact, every pair of triangles have proportional heights. There is probably something missing in your problem.






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      It does not imply that triangles whose heights are proportional are necessarely similar. In fact, every pair of triangles have proportional heights. There is probably something missing in your problem.






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        It does not imply that triangles whose heights are proportional are necessarely similar. In fact, every pair of triangles have proportional heights. There is probably something missing in your problem.






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        It does not imply that triangles whose heights are proportional are necessarely similar. In fact, every pair of triangles have proportional heights. There is probably something missing in your problem.







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