Question

Help very urgent. Slope Assignment due today.

question: Which statements best explain why triangles ABC and DEF can be used to show that the slope of the segment between points A and B is the same as the slope of the segment between points D and E in the graph above.

choices:

A) The length of segment DE is twice as long as the length of segment AB

B) segment AB and segment DE are hypotenuses of right triangles.

C) Triangles ABC and DEF are congruent

D) Traingles ABC and DEF are similar​

Answer 1

Answer:

D) Triangles ABC and DEF are similar​

Step-by-step explanation:

The slope of a line is a ratio. Similar triangles have lengths of corresponding sides in the same ratio.

Answer: D) Triangles ABC and DEF are similar​

Answer 2

Answer:

D.

Step-by-step explanation:

The whole line is the slope. The triangles are similar because ABC us just a smaller version of DEF.

Hope this helps a little