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OpenStudy (quickstudent):

Is this correct? triangle congruent postulate

OpenStudy (quickstudent):

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OpenStudy (will.h):

They not congruent because there aren't enough congruent sides/angles

OpenStudy (will.h):

They only share a congruent angles = 90 degrees and that's not enough to prove the congruence

OpenStudy (quickstudent):

Ok thanks

OpenStudy (will.h):

congruent angle not angles *

OpenStudy (mathstudent55):

correct

OpenStudy (mathstudent55):

In general, not having enough sides or angles given as congruent does not allow us to conclude triangles are not congruent. It is simply not enough information to prove they are congruent. In this case, we can definitely conclude the triangles are not congruent. In a right triangle, the hypotenuse is the longest side. The hypotenuse of the left triangle is the longest side of that triangle. That hypotenuse is congruent to a leg of the triangle to the right. The hypotenuse of the triangle to the right must be longer than that leg. That means the hypotenuse of the triangle to the right must be longer than the hypotenuse of the triangle to the left. Therefore, we can conclusively state that the triangles are not congruent.

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