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Triangles are congruent if their corresponding sides and angles are equal. There are five criteria for congruency: SSS (three sides), SAS (two sides and the included angle), ASA (two angles and the included side), AAS (two angles and the non-included side), and RHS (right angle, hypotenuse, and one side). The SSA and AAA criteria are not valid tests for congruency. If two sides of an isosceles triangle are equal, then the angles opposite those sides are also equal.

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Triangles

Triangles are congruent if their corresponding sides and angles are equal. There are five criteria for congruency: SSS (three sides), SAS (two sides and the included angle), ASA (two angles and the included side), AAS (two angles and the non-included side), and RHS (right angle, hypotenuse, and one side). The SSA and AAA criteria are not valid tests for congruency. If two sides of an isosceles triangle are equal, then the angles opposite those sides are also equal.

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Congruence of Triangles

Congruent Triangles

- In a pair of triangles if all three corresponding sides and three corresponding angles are
exactly equal, then the triangles are said to be congruent.

Congruent triangles

In congruent triangles, the corresponding parts are equal and are written as CPCT
(Corresponding part of congruent triangle).

Criteria for Congruency


SSS Criteria for Congruency

If three sides of one triangle are equal to the three sides of another triangle, then the two
triangles are congruent.
If all sides are exactly same, then their corresponding angles must also be exactly same.

SAS Criteria for Congruency

- Axiom :Two triangles are congruent if two sides and the included angle of one triangle are
equal to the corresponding  sides and the included angle of the other triangle.

ASA Criteria for Congruency

- Two triangles are congruent if two angles and the included side of one triangle are equal to
the corresponding two angles and the included side of the other triangle
Included side is 4cm

AAS Criteria for Congruency

- Two triangles are congruent if two angles and the included side of one triangle are equal to
two angles and the included side of the other triangle.

Why SSA and AAA congruency rules are not valid?

SSA or ASS test is not a valid test for congruency as the angle is not included between the
pairs of equal sides.-
The AAA test also is not a valid test as even though 2 triangles can have all three same
angles, the sides can be of differing lengths. This becomes a test for similarity (AA).

Angles of a triangle

RHS Criteria for Congruency

If in two right triangles the hypotenuse and one side of one triangle are equal to the
hypotenuse and one side of the other triangle, then the two triangles are congruent.
RHS stands for Right angle - Hypotenuse - Side.

Properties of Isosceles triangle

- If 2 sides of the triangle are equal, the angles opposite those sides are also equal and vice
versa.

Criteria for Congruency of triangles

- The criteria for congruency of triangles are : 

SAS
ASA
AAS
SSS
RHS

symbolically, it is expressed as ΔABC ≅ ΔXY Z

Inequalities in Triangles
Relationship between unequal sides of triangle and the angles opposite to
it.

- If 2 sides of a triangle are unequal, then the angle opposite to the longer side will be larger
than the angle opposite to the shorter side.

Triangle inequality

- The sum of the lengths of any two sides of a triangle must be greater than the third side.

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