How can we recognize congruence? We test for congruency by comparing each side and angle of two figures to see if all aspects of both are the same. If the sides are the same length and the angles are equal, the figures are congruent. Each side and angle of one figure corresponds to a side or angle in the other.
Q. Are congruent figures are always similar?
All congruent figures are similar, but not all similar figures are congruent. Congruence means two objects (whether two dimensional or three dimensional) are identical in size and shape. Similar figures have the same shape and proportions but are not necessarily the same size.
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- Q. Are congruent figures are always similar?
- Q. Which pair of triangles are always similar?
- Q. Will two triangles of same area always be congruent Why?
- Q. Are all equilateral triangles congruent?
- Q. Which figures are congruent?
- Q. Which figures must always be congruent?
- Q. What similarity theorem would prove that these triangles are similar?
- Q. Is Asa a similarity theorem?
Q. Which pair of triangles are always similar?
equilateral triangles
Q. Will two triangles of same area always be congruent Why?
The triangles having equal areas need not be congruent , i.e. the triangles that are congruent have equal area. But if ABC and DEF have equal areas then it does not mean that they have equal sides or equal angles.
Q. Are all equilateral triangles congruent?
Sal proves that the angles of an equilateral triangle are all congruent (and therefore they all measure 60°), and conversely, that triangles with all congruent angles are equilateral.
Q. Which figures are congruent?
Congruent figures are geometric figures that have the same shape and size. That is, if you can transform one figure into another figure by a sequence of translations , rotations , and/or reflections , then the two figures are congruent.
Q. Which figures must always be congruent?
Two figures are congruent if they have the same shape and size. Two angles are congruent if they have the same measure. Two figures are similar if they have the same shape but not necessarily the same size. All of the figures below are congruent since they all have the same shape and size.
Q. What similarity theorem would prove that these triangles are similar?
Side Angle Side (SAS) If a pair of triangles have one pair of corresponding congruent angles, sandwiched between two pairs of proportional sides, then we can prove that the triangles are similar.
Q. Is Asa a similarity theorem?
For the configurations known as angle-angle-side (AAS), angle-side-angle (ASA) or side-angle-angle (SAA), it doesn’t matter how big the sides are; the triangles will always be similar. These configurations reduce to the angle-angle AA theorem, which means all three angles are the same and the triangles are similar.
