How can the angle-angle similarity postulate be used to prove the two triangles below are similar? explain your answer using complete sentences, and provide evidence to support your claims

To use the AA postulate directly, you need to show that two corresponding angles are congruent. In order to show that here, you must calculate the value of one of the missing angle measures. Either of the missing angles can be found by invoking the fact that the sum of angles in a triangle is 180°.

After finding either missing angle, you can show that the measures of two angles in one triangle are identical to the measures of two angles in the other triangle, hence the triangles are similar by the AA postulate.

x = -2

y = 848

step-by-step explanation:

plug in the numbers

-3

step-by-step explanation:

a drawing really does here:

so i draw the horizontal line y=2 and the vertical line x=-2 at this intersection i put b (this is where my right angle is going to be).   so point b is at (-2,2).   point a is 5 units long and is also on y=2 so this point has to be (3,2) or (-7,2) -doesn't matter i will go with (3,2).

now we know c is at (-2,y) we don't know the y yet bet we know that c is on x=-2.

we have the area of the triangle is .5bh=12.5

we know the base length is 5 (ab)

we have the height is (2-y) if you look at your

plug in

.5(5)(2-y)=12.5

solve for y to get the y-coordinate for c

2.5(2-y)=12.5

divide both sides by 2.5 giving:

2-y=5

now subtract 2 on both sides

-y=3

y=-3