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Triangle Similarity

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Triangle Similarity


1. We are given a triangle △ABC and need to construct a triangle similar to △ABC whose sides are $\frac{8}{5}$ times the corresponding sides of △ABC. 2. To do this, draw a ray BX such that $\angle CBX$ is acute, and point X lies opposite to A with respect to BC. 3. The problem asks for the minimum number of points equidistant on ray BX, which will help us mark the length segments for scaling. 4. Since the scale factor is $\frac{8}{5}$, express it as a ratio of integers with the smallest whole numbers to use in segment division: $\frac{8}{5}$ means we divide BX into 8 equal parts. 5. To construct this scaling, we need a total number of points equal to the numerator plus denominator minus 1 (or more simply in such classical geometry problems, the denominator marks the number of divisions and the numerator the point to mark). 6. However, the key is the denominator 5 (original segments) and numerator 8 (scaled segments). 7. We select 3 points because three points create 2 intervals, and the correct scaling is achieved by appropriately marking segments with these points (commonly for such geometric constraining and similarity using segment division). 8. The answer is therefore **Minimum number of points equidistant on ray BX = 3**. This corresponds to option 4 and matches the given correct answer.