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OpenStudy (justmeandme):

If each angle in one triangle is congruent to its corresponding angle in another triangle, are the two triangles congruent? Explain.

OpenStudy (danieldjpon3):

Yes, congruent means the same or slightly different.

OpenStudy (danieldjpon3):

oops nvm

OpenStudy (danieldjpon3):

congruent means that the angles are the same but are rotated differently.

OpenStudy (danieldjpon3):

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OpenStudy (danieldjpon3):

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OpenStudy (danieldjpon3):

I turned the rectangle differently and the second one differently too. That's called congruent.

OpenStudy (danieldjpon3):

Corresponding Parts Recall that in order for lines or angles to be congruent, they had to have equal measures. In that same way, congruent triangles are triangles with corresponding sides and angles that are congruent, giving them the same size and shape. Because side and angle correspondence is important, we have to be careful with the way we name triangles.

OpenStudy (justmeandme):

so its congruent?

OpenStudy (justmeandme):

@danieldjpon3

OpenStudy (danjs):

Remember the congruent rules for triangles. https://www.mathsisfun.com/geometry/triangles-congruent-finding.html Think about angle-angle-angle like given here, you can take a triangle and zoom into our out of it and it will be larger or smaller and still have the same angles. So there are more than one triangle with 3 of the same angles. One a scale model of the other. So they can be similar, not congruent

OpenStudy (mww):

Two triangles can have the same set of angles yet not be congruent. Those are simply similar triangles. Congruent means identical in both angles and sides. |dw:1474168571058:dw|

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