16. Dorathy has a triangular backyard
and wants to
create a space for her
garden.
She drew up a map of her
backyard
using similar triangles and
realized
that BE || CD, which means
the
entrance to her garden will be
parallel to her house.
She is calculating the amount of fence
she needs around her yard and wants
to keep an opening for a gate at BC.
How wide will the gate opening be?
A
8 m
10 m
B
E
6 m
C
D
