Properties of Triangle Congruence

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CCSS.8.G.A.2

What other information do you need in order to prove the triangles congruent using the SAS congruence postulate?

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CCSS.HSG.SRT.B.5

Can you use the ASA postulate, the AAS theorem, or both to prove the triangles congruent?

• either ASA or AAS

• ASA only

• AAS only

• neither

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CCSS.HSG.SRT.B.5

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CCSS.HSG.SRT.B.5

• AAS

• SAS

• ASA

• HL

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CCSS.HSG.SRT.B.5

In each pair of triangles, parts are congruent as marked. Which pair of triangles is congruent by ASA?

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CCSS.HSG.SRT.B.5

What extra information is needed to be given to show that the two triangles are congruent by SAS?

• AB = ED

• angle A measure = angle E measure

• angle B measure = angle E measure

• None; there is enough information already.

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CCSS.HSG.SRT.B.5

Name the postulate, if possible, that makes the triangles congruent.

• SSS

• SAS

• ASA

• Not Possible

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CCSS.HSG.SRT.B.5

Name the postulate, if possible, that makes the triangles congruent.

• SAS

• HL

• SSA

• Not possible to prove

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CCSS.HSG.SRT.B.5

When two triangles share a side, what reason normally ends up in a proof of congruent triangles?

• Vertical angles theorem

• Alternate interior angles theorem

• Definition of midpoint

• Reflexive property

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CCSS.HSG.SRT.B.5