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Two-story A-frame house

The slanted lines are perpendicular, and the one in the bottom story bisects the angle. Show that red equals green, so the stories have the same height.

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Solution

Solution by Kamran Zamani.

Extend AB to C. Triangle ACD is an isosceles. So, AB=BC. Hence, triangles ABH and BCH’ are congruent.

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