Question

Which of the following is not a triangle congruence postulate?
Answer

SAS


ASA

SSA

HL

Answer 1

HL

Answer 2

HL means "Hypontenuse-Leg" which is true; for a right triangle, the Pythagorean theorem determines the second leg, so if the hypotenuse and one leg are the same, so is the other leg.

On the other hand, SSA doesn't work. I can't think of a counterexample at the moment, but I remember learning "Don't be an retrice to remember that angle-side-side fails.

Answer 3

He's correct ^