Question #8ea96
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(a)
(c)
(d) Triangles are similar and not congruent.
Explanation:
Let the angle of elevation be
It is apparent from the figure that
And from tables
Distance between their shoes can be found using Pythagoras theorem.
and it is
=
As the building is
Considering uniformly sloping hill, if distance from bottom to top (along the incline and not horizontal distance) is
Hence
As all the angles of the two triangles are equal but dimensions are different, they are similar and not congruent.