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In parallelogram ABCD, diagonals AC and BD intersect at K. If HF is parallel to BD, with H on AD and F on AC, and FA = 40, DF = 2, find the ratio AH/AD.
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2 stepsIdentify properties of the parallelogram and parallel lines.
ABCD is a parallelogram, so its diagonals bisect each other. Let K be the intersection of diagonals AC and BD. Therefore, .
We are given . This implies and .Determine the ratio of segments on diagonal AC using similar triangles for point H.
Consider . Since , by the Proportionality Theorem (or similar triangles ):
We are given units and $DF = 2
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