Question

Which theorem would you use to prove triangle ABE ~ triangle DCE?

Answer 1

Post a picture? @Jameela_leonard

Answer 2

AAA - @Jameela_leonard

Answer 3

SAS

Answer 4

two different answers....

Answer 5

I am sorry I was not able to help you I was engaged in an activity of my own.

Answer 6

@magbak its okay.

Answer 7

@vipergirl81 It can't be SAS because they share no sides. It has to be AAA. @Jameela_leonard

Answer 8

It's SAS because you know angle BEA = CED, and you can use the two sides because BE/EC=AE/ED.

Answer 9

@vipergirl81 is the correct answer not @genius12

Answer 10

yes, you can tell its not AAA because you cant prove that the other two angles are congruent, no matter what you do @genius12

Answer 11

thank you all but im going with majority vote

Answer 12

@vipergirl81 You are wrong. SAS is used to prove to triangles congruent. These two triangles are incongruent hence SAS doesn't prove anything.

Answer 13

no, SAS along with most of the other theorems can be used to prove both congruency and similarity.

Answer 14

@Jameela_leonard did say I was correct, da?

Answer 15

SAS would imply that the two triangles have 2 sides that are equal. But the two triangles don't share 2 equal sides. Also if two triangles satisfy SAS, then they MUST be congruent, not similar and the question asks to prove similarity. AAA can be used to prove similarity but not SAS. This can be seen here: http://www.mathwarehouse.com/geometry/congruent_triangles/side-angle-side-postulate.php

Answer 16

He went by majority but you're obviously wrong.

Answer 17

Ahem. It's called SAS similarity.
www.mathwords.com/s/sas_similarity.htm

Answer 18

Google it. It exists. It's correct.

Answer 19

Majority? What majority? As far as I know, there's only one judge here.

Answer 20

"Side Angle Side Postulate

Proving Congruent Triangles with SAS"

Answer 21

If two triangles satisfy SAS they are congruent. SAS is for proving congruence not similarity.

Answer 22

Yeah, you got that part, but you forgot the other half, SAS similarity.

Answer 23

whatever. This is a lost cause.

Answer 24

i put in SAS and it was the right answer thank you