Problem of the Week
Problem D
Triangled

Consider the following diagram.

Horizontal line segment AE has point B directly below A and
point D directly above E. Vertical segments AB and DE and diagonal
segment BD, crossing AE at C, form two right-angled triangles with
common vertex C.

If $A E = 60$ , $D E = 8$ , and $C D = 17$ , determine the length of $B C$ .

Problem of the Week Problem D Triangled

Problem of the Week
Problem D
Triangled