Ratio of perimeter of two triangles with common side

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Consider the triangle $ABC$ shown in the following figure where $BC = 12cm, DB = 9cm $ & $CD= 6cm$ and angle $BCD$ = angle $BAC$. What is the ratio of the perimeter of the triangle ADC to that of the triangle BDC?

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I have figured out the side $AC$ length which is $8cm$ using the Sine Rule in triangles $BDC$ and $ABC$ but after that I am not able to proceed in the question. I am trying to find out somehow the value of $AD$ or $AB$ but unfortunately I am not able to do so.

Please help me with this question. I know I must be missing something very small in this.

Thanks in advance !

UPDATE : Just now I also got to realize that…now it can be solved using the similar triangles approach…anyway I was thinking if we can get to the value of $AB$ or $AD$ by using any another approach like Sine Rule or any other theorem. Just asking for if in any case that comes into handy for solving some another question.

Best Answer

$\Delta BDC \sim \Delta BCA$ because $m( \angle BCD) = m( \angle BAC)$ and $\angle B$ is a common angle.
And we can continue from here, to end up with $AB = 16, AC=8$, which means that our answer is $\frac {7+8+6}{6+9+12}=\frac {7}{9}$


You can say the same thing using trignometric functions as: $$\frac {6}{\sin(\angle B)}= \frac {9}{\sin(\angle BCD)} \\ \frac {AC}{\sin(\angle B)}= \frac{12}{\sin(\angle A)} \\ m(\angle A) = m (\angle BCD), m(\angle C) = m(\angle BDC) \\ \implies \frac {6}{AC}=\frac{9}{12}=\frac{12}{AB}$$ And from that we can calculate the missing values: $AC = 8, AB = 16$. And then we can find the answer: $\frac {7+8+6}{6+9+12}=\frac {7}{9}$.