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OpenStudy (mouth4war):

which postulate or theorem can be used to prove that triangle ABC = triangle CDA?

OpenStudy (mouth4war):

OpenStudy (smartanne):

I can help

OpenStudy (smartanne):

So do you know the theorems SAS, ASA, and SSS

OpenStudy (mouth4war):

kind of

OpenStudy (smartanne):

ok

OpenStudy (smartanne):

SAS=Side, angle,side ASA=angle, side, angle SSS=side, side,side

OpenStudy (smartanne):

If one of these are true that means both triangles are congruent

OpenStudy (smartanne):

The two triangles have 2 congruent angles and 1 similar side (meaning its congruent) so just find which theorem has two congruent angles and one congruent sides

OpenStudy (smartanne):

Medal if this helped :)....fan me I'm on at least twice a day

OpenStudy (mouth4war):

i have no idea?

OpenStudy (smartanne):

ohh ok

OpenStudy (smartanne):

SAS means 2 sides are congruent and one angle is congruent ASA means 2 angles are congruent and 1 side is congruent SSS means all sides are congruent

OpenStudy (smartanne):

So which one of these theorems has 2 congruent angles and 1 congruent side like the triangles in the diagram

OpenStudy (mouth4war):

SSS?

OpenStudy (smartanne):

Close but SSS doesn't have any congruent angles. Also we don't know whether all the sides are equal

OpenStudy (mouth4war):

one of the answer choices is "not enough information" would that be the answer? cause it seems like we dont know enough about it to know the postulate

OpenStudy (smartanne):

It is one of the postulates

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