4.3 Compare Your Answers 1

Compare your answers.

1. Which of the following pairs of triangles can you be sure are congruent? Explain how you know.

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      This pair must be congruent by the SAS congruence.
      
      
      
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      This pair is an example of SSA and so the triangles are not guaranteed to be congruent. (They MAY be congruent, but the information provided does not make it certain.)