Consider the following statement. There are real numbers a and b such that a + b = a + b . To prove the statement, it suffices to find values of a and b that satisfy the property. Show that you can do this by entering appropriate values for a and b in the box below, as an ordered, comma-separated list of two numbers. (a, b) = Correct: Your answer is correct.

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call the larger triangle abc

then the smaller triangle cde is similar to abc (all angles are equal, aaa).  

ab is the side that is 36, and we wish to find de, the side corresponding to ab

area_cde = area_abc - area_cde --> area_abc / area_cde = 2

let x=length of de

ratio of areas = (ratio of sides)^2

+2+=+%2836%2fx%29%5e2+

+2+=+1296%2fx%5e2+

++x%5e2+=+1296%2f2+=+648+

25.45584

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