Question
If in a ΔABC, the external angle bisector of angle A,
meets BC when extended at a point D, BD = 5cm , BC = 3 cm then what is AB:AC ?Solution
 
Here CD = BD- BC = 5 - 3 = 2cm, By External angle bisector theorem, AB: AC = BD:CD = 3:2
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