Two polygons are congruent if they have the same shape. This means that
they have the same number of sides,
all corresponding sides are congruent, and
all corresponding interior angles are congruent.
Consider the two polygons and below. Are they congruent?
Let's check these criteria for our polygons and We can see that both polygons have sides, and Therefore, the polygons are congruent, and we can write
The order in which we write the symbols is important: the corresponding vertices have to be in the same order.
We can also write
Are the polygons and below congruent?
In general, congruent polygons have the same shape. In other words:
they have the same number of sides,
all corresponding sides are congruent, and
all corresponding interior angles are congruent.
and have the same shape: They have congruent corresponding sides and congruent corresponding angles. This implies that
Given the polygon $\mathcal{P}$ shown above, which of the following polygons is congruent to $\mathcal{P}?$
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Given the polygon $\mathcal{P}$ shown above, which of the following polygons is congruent to $\mathcal{P}?$
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Which of the following statements are true for the polygons and shown below?
In general, congruent polygons have the same shape. In other words:
they have the same number of sides,
all corresponding sides are congruent, and
all corresponding interior angles are congruent.
With that in mind, let's compare the given polygons.
Statement I is true. Since the polygons and have the same number of sides and all corresponding sides and angles are congruent, we conclude that
Statement II is false. Notice that the polygons and have the same number of sides, but they don't seem to have the same shape. In particular, we notice they don't have corresponding congruent angles ( does not have right angles, while does).
Statement III is false. By the same reasoning as above, we can see that the polygons and are not congruent.
Therefore, the correct answer is "I only."
Which of the following statements are true for the polygons $\mathcal{P}$, $\mathcal{Q}$ and $\mathcal{R}$ shown above?
- $\mathcal{P}\cong\mathcal{Q}$
- $\mathcal{Q}\cong\mathcal{R}$
- $\mathcal{P}\cong\mathcal{R}$
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I only |
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I and II only |
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I and III only |
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III only |
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II and III only |
Given the polygons shown above, which of the following statements are true?
- $\mathcal{R}\cong\mathcal{S}$
- $\mathcal{S}\cong\mathcal{T}$
- $\mathcal{T}\cong\mathcal{R}$
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II and III only |
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II only |
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I and III only |
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I and II only |
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III only |
Write down a correct congruence statement for the quadrilaterals shown in the diagram above.
First, notice that
Let's determine the vertices in the second quadrilateral that correspond to First, notice the following:
Therefore,
vertex corresponds to vertex and
vertex corresponds to vertex (since is opposite and is opposite ).
As for the other two vertices, notice we have two more pairs of congruent angles:
Similarly, we have two more pairs of congruent sides:
Therefore,
vertex corresponds to and
vertex corresponds to
Finally, we conclude that a correct congruence statement is
What is a correct congruence statement for the quadrilaterals shown in the diagram above?
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$ ABCD \cong MLKN$ |
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$ ABCD \cong MNKL$ |
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$ ABCD \cong KLMN$ |
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$ ABCD \cong NMLK$ |
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$ ABCD \cong KNML$ |
What is a correct congruence statement for the triangles shown in the diagram above?
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$ \triangle ABD \cong \triangle FHE$ |
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$ \triangle ABD \cong \triangle HEF$ |
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$ \triangle ABD \cong \triangle HFE$ |
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$ \triangle ABD \cong \triangle EFH$ |
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$ \triangle ABD \cong \triangle EHF$ |
Given that find
The statement means that and are congruent. Moreover,
vertex corresponds to vertex
vertex corresponds to vertex
vertex corresponds to vertex
vertex corresponds to vertex
vertex corresponds to vertex
Therefore,
Also, we have
Finally,
Consider the polygons $\mathcal{P}$ and $\mathcal{Q}$ shown above. Given that $ABCD\cong EFGH,$ what is the perimeter of $\mathcal{Q}?$
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$36$ |
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$16$ |
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$42$ |
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$52$ |
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$44$ |
Given that $ABCD \cong EFGH,$ find $y-x.$
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$14$ |
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$11$ |
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$13$ |
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$10$ |
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$12$ |