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# Proportions with Angle Bisectors

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What if you were told that a ray was an angle bisector of a triangle? How would you use this fact to find unknown values regarding the triangle's side lengths? After completing this Concept, you'll be able to use the Angle Bisector Theorem to solve such problems.

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### Guidance

When an angle within a triangle is bisected, the bisector divides the triangle proportionally. This idea is called the Angle Bisector Theorem .

Angle Bisector Theorem: If a ray bisects an angle of a triangle, then it divides the opposite side into segments that are proportional to the lengths of the other two sides.

If $\triangle BAC \cong \triangle CAD$ , then $\frac{BC}{CD} = \frac{AB}{AD}$ .

#### Example A

Find $x$ .

The ray is the angle bisector and it splits the opposite side in the same ratio as the other two sides. The proportion is:

$\frac{9}{x} &= \frac{21}{14}\\21x &= 126\\x &= 6$

#### Example B

Find the value of $x$ that would make the proportion true.

You can set up this proportion like the previous example.

$\frac{5}{3} &= \frac{4x+1}{15}\\75 &= 3(4x+1)\\75 &= 12x+3\\72 &= 12x\\6 &= x$

#### Example C

Find the missing variable:

Set up a proportion and solve like in the previous examples.

$\frac{12}{4}&=\frac{x}{3}\\ 36&=4x\\ x&=9$

### Guided Practice

Find the missing variables:

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2.

3.

1. Set up a proportion and solve.

$\frac{20}{8}&=\frac{25}{y}\\ 20y&=200 \\ y&=10$

2. Set up a proportion and solve.

$\frac{20}{y}&=\frac{15}{28-y}\\ 15y&=20(28-y)\\ 15y&=560-20y\\ 35y&=560\\ y&=16$

3. Set up a proportion and solve.

$\frac{12}{z}&=\frac{15}{9-z}\\ 15z&=12(9-z)\\ 15z&=108=12z\\ 27z&=108\\ z&=4$

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Find the value of the missing variable(s).

Solve for the unknown variable.