How Do You Prove that Two Overlapping Triangles are Congruent?

How Do You Prove that Two Overlapping Triangles are Congruent?

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Proofs are an important part of geometry. This tutorial shows you how to use given information to prove that two overlapping triangles are congruent!

Keywords:

  • problem
  • congruent triangle
  • overlap
  • overlapping
  • proof

Background Tutorials

  • Understand that a two-dimensional figure is congruent to another if the second can be obtained from the first by a sequence of rotations, reflections, and translations; given two congruent figures, describe a sequence that exhibits the congruence between them.

      • What Does Congruent Mean?What Does Congruent Mean?

      What Does Congruent Mean?

      If two figures have the same size and shape, then they are congruent. The term congruent is often used to describe figures like this. In this tutorial, take a look at the term congruent!