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Week 1 - Congruent Figures

This document introduces the concepts of congruent figures and polygons. It defines congruent figures as two or more figures that have the same shape and size. Congruent polygons are defined as two polygons where all corresponding sides and angles are congruent. Congruent figures can be mapped onto each other through rigid motions like slides, flips, and turns. The document provides examples of determining if sides and angles are congruent through measurements or special markings. It also gives examples of listing corresponding congruent parts of congruent triangles and proving triangles are congruent using triangle congruence theorems.

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Week 1 - Congruent Figures

This document introduces the concepts of congruent figures and polygons. It defines congruent figures as two or more figures that have the same shape and size. Congruent polygons are defined as two polygons where all corresponding sides and angles are congruent. Congruent figures can be mapped onto each other through rigid motions like slides, flips, and turns. The document provides examples of determining if sides and angles are congruent through measurements or special markings. It also gives examples of listing corresponding congruent parts of congruent triangles and proving triangles are congruent using triangle congruence theorems.

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Unit 2: Congruence & Similarity

“Congruent Figures”
Objective: To recognize congruent figures and their
corresponding congruent parts.

congruent figures: two or more figures (segments,


angles, triangles, etc.) that have the
“same shape” and the “same size”.
symbol for congruent: ≅
congruent polygons: two polygons are congruent if
all the pairs of corresponding sides and all the pairs of
corresponding angles are congruent.
Examples of Congruent Polygons

"Slide", "Flip", "Turn"...Translate, Reflection, Rotate


If two figures are congruent, then one figure can be mapped
onto the other one by a one or series of “rigid motions”!
How do I know if sides or angles are congruent?

1. If figures are drawn to scale, then measure the corresponding


angles and measure the corresponding sides.
2. If figures are not drawn to scale, by special markings.

Side Markings (“ticks”)

Angle Markings (“hoops”)


Example: Given: ∆REM ≅ ∆FEM
List the corresponding congruent parts.

R F
M

“Reflexive Property of Congruence”


"If two figures share the same side or the same angle, then the
shared sides or shared angles are congruent to each other."
Example: Given: ∆RTV ≅ ∆LTC
List the corresponding congruent parts.

T L
R

V
Example: Given: ∆RTV ≅ ∆CTL
List the corresponding congruent parts.

T L
R

V
Example: Given: ΔPQR ≅ ΔSTU,
m∠S = 36°, m∠Q = 27°,
PR = 7 cm, and TS = 18 cm

1. Find the m∠T.

2. Find the m∠U.

3. Find the SU.

4. Find the QP.


Proving Triangles Congruent
Example: Prove: ∆EAB ≅ ∆CDB .
Proving Triangles Congruent
Example: Prove ∆PQR ≅ ∆PSR.

“Third Angle Theorem”


"If two angles of one triangle are congruent two angles of
another triangle, then the third angles are congruent."
Proving Triangles Congruent
Example: Prove ∆ABC ≅ ∆EBC .

“Right Angle Theorem”


“All right angles are congruent."
Given: AE ≅ DC, EB ≅ CB, B is the midpoint of AD, ∠E≅ ∠C
Prove: ∆ABE ≅ ∆DBC
Example: Given: ∆ABC ≅ ∆QTJ
List the corresponding congruent parts.
A

Q
C
B

J T
F
B

ΔABC ≅ ΔHFC

A C H

1. List the corresponding congruent sides.

2. List the corresponding congruent angles.


End of Day 1

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