Prove that the ratio of the perimeters of two similar triangles is the same as the ratio of their corresponding sides.
Let the two triangles be ABC and PQR.
We have:
$\triangle A B C \sim \triangle P Q R$
Here,
BC = a, AC = b and AB = c
PQ = r, PR = q and QR = p
We have to prove:
$\frac{a}{p}=\frac{b}{q}=\frac{c}{r}=\frac{a+b+c}{p+q+r}$
$\triangle A B C \sim \triangle P Q R$; therefore, their corresponding sides will be proportional.
$\Rightarrow \frac{a}{p}=\frac{b}{q}=\frac{c}{r}=k$ (say) $\quad \ldots$ (i)
$\Rightarrow a=k p, b=k q$ and $c=k r$
$\therefore \frac{\text { Perimeter of } \triangle A B C}{\text { Perimeter of } \triangle P Q R}=\frac{a+b+c}{p+q+r}=\frac{k p+k q+k r}{p+q+r}=k \quad \ldots$ (ii)
From (i) and (ii), we get:
$\frac{a}{p}=\frac{b}{q}=\frac{c}{r}=\frac{a+b+c}{p+q+r}=\frac{\text { Perimeter of } \triangle A B C}{\text { Perimeter of } \triangle P Q R}$
This completes the proof.
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