Question

~metal~check my answer~pic in comments~Your classmate says the triangle below are not congruent by SSS. She explains that congruent sides do not correspond.Explain the error in her seasoning.

Answer 1

i would think the answer is that she is looking at them the wrong way, how they are laying, and not turning one to match the other one

Answer 2

they are not congruent

Answer 3

from what im seeing anyways

Answer 4

how would they not be congruent they are not lined up in the pic

Answer 5

im not seeing any similarities even through rotation

Answer 6

if you turn the second one so that the line with the small double line through it is at the bottom you will see that they match

Answer 7

its still coming in invalid for me

Answer 8

- oh you would have to flip as well

Answer 9

Makes sense

Answer 10

the question is a bit strange...

Answer 11

cause i see how the sides coresspnd in length i was just not seeing the congruentcy

Answer 12

ok so what is the answer to my question now that , that confusion is cleared up

Answer 13

The answe I guess is if you move the triangle around you can get the congruent sides to match.

Answer 14

Basically, when 3 sides of one triangle are equal to the 3 sides of another triangle they are congruent

Answer 15

so is that what she did wrong

Answer 16

She looked at the orientation of the 2 triangles rather than the fact that there were 3 pairs of equal sides.