Question

If a line is drawn parallel to one side of a triangle to intersect the other two sides in distinct points, prove that the other two sides are divided in the same ratio.

Answer 1

Given that a in which a line parallel to BC is drawn which meet the other two sides at the point D and E, then we have to prove that

We have the following diagram with some additional construction.

In the above figure, we can see that EF is perpendicular to AB. Therefore EF is the height of the.

Now we are finding the area of and area of

Now take the ratio of the two equation, we have

Similarly, In , we have

But, the area of triangle DBE and triangle DEC are same, therefore equation (4) can be written as

From equation (3) and equation (5), we get

Hence,