In ΔABC, B is a right angle, and BD is perpendicular to AC and DE is perpendicular to BC. Then AD.DC =
A
BD2
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B
BE.BC
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C
AB.BC
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D
BD.DC
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Solution
The correct options are ABD2 BBE.BC InΔABDandΔBDC∠ADB=∠BDC=90∘∠A=∠DBC(SinceinΔBDC,∠DBC=90∘−∠C=∠AandInΔABC∠A=90∘−∠C)Therefore,ΔADB∼ΔBDCbyAAsimilarityADDB=BDDC=ABBC⇒BD2=AD.DCSimilarlyΔBDC∼ΔBED∠DBC=∠DBE(Commonangle)∠BDC=∠DEB=90∘BDBE=DCED=BCBD⇒BD2=BE.BC⇒BD2=AD.DC=BE.BC