The architects side view drawing of a saltbox style house shows a post that supports the roof ridge. The support post is 10 feet tall. The distance from the front of the house to the support post is less than the distance from the post to the back of the house. How far from the front of the house is a support post position? The distance from the front of the house to the back of the house is 25ft.

d) by the cross product property, ab^2 = bc multiplied by ad

step-by-step explanation:

we are given

in the given triangle abc

angle a is 90° and segment ad is perpendicular to segment bc

we can see that

triangle(abc) and triangle(abd) are similar because they have common side and same angle (90 degree)

so, triangles(abc) and abd are similar

since, they are similar

so, the ratio of their sides must be equal

we get

now, we can cross multiply

and we get

so, this could be step to prove it