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What is the most obvious property you can use to prove that both △QRT and △SRT are congruent?

publish date2025/12/06 23:29:15.129346 UTC

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Use the ticks and the shared side to drive your answer.
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Correct Answer

SSS property

Explanation

Given from the tick marks

  • \( \overline {QR} \) = \( \overline{RS} \) (double tick marks)

  • \( \overline{QT} \) = \( \overline{TS} \) (single tick marks)

  • \( \overline{RT} \) is common to both triangles (shared side)

So each triangle has:

  • Two sides that match the other triangle

  • The included angle between those sides is the same (because it is the angle at R–T in each triangle)

Therefore

△QRT≅△TRS\triangle QRT \cong \triangle TRS

by the Side–Side–Side (SSS) property OR Side–Angle–Side (SAS) (since the angle between equal sides is the angle at T, which is common).

Reference

Mathematics for college students, go-math-science.com


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