{"id":11380,"date":"2022-07-08T01:13:31","date_gmt":"2022-07-07T19:43:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mathemerize.com\/?p=11380"},"modified":"2022-07-08T01:15:09","modified_gmt":"2022-07-07T19:45:09","slug":"d-is-a-point-on-the-side-bc-of-triangle-abc-such-that-angle-adc-and-angle-bac-are-equal-prove-that-ca2-dc-times-cb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mathemerize.com\/d-is-a-point-on-the-side-bc-of-triangle-abc-such-that-angle-adc-and-angle-bac-are-equal-prove-that-ca2-dc-times-cb\/","title":{"rendered":"D is a point on the side BC of \\(\\triangle\\) ABC such that \\(\\angle\\) ADC and \\(\\angle\\) BAC are equal. Prove that \\({CA}^2\\) = \\(DC \\times CB\\)."},"content":{"rendered":"
Given<\/strong> : D is a point on the side BC of a triangle ABC, such that \\(\\angle\\) ADC = \\(\\angle\\) BAC<\/p>\n To Prove<\/strong> : \\({CA}^2\\) = \\(DC \\times CB\\)<\/p>\n Proof<\/strong> : In triangles ABC and DAC,<\/p>\n \\(\\angle\\) BAC = \\(\\angle\\) ADC\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(given)<\/p>\n \\(\\angle\\) C = \\(\\angle\\) C\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (common)<\/p>\n \\(\\angle\\) ABC = \\(\\angle\\) DAC\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (third angles of the triangles)<\/p>\n \\(\\therefore\\) \\(\\triangle\\)s ABC and DAC are equiangular and hence, similar<\/p>\n \\(\\therefore\\)\u00a0 \\(BC\\over AC\\) = \\(AC\\over DC\\)<\/p>\n \\(\\implies\\)\u00a0 \\({CA}^2\\) = \\(DC \\times CB\\)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Solution : Given : D is a point on the side BC of a triangle ABC, such that \\(\\angle\\) ADC = \\(\\angle\\) BAC To Prove : \\({CA}^2\\) = \\(DC \\times CB\\) Proof : In triangles ABC and DAC, \\(\\angle\\) BAC = \\(\\angle\\) ADC\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(given) \\(\\angle\\) C = \\(\\angle\\) C\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 …<\/p>\n