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Warm Up 7.3, Day 1
Find the value of the variables.

The two triangles shown are congruent. Write a correct congruency

statement.

Can you prove that the two triangles

congruent? Explain why or why not.

Unit 7: Congruent Triangles

Target 7.3, Day 1

PROVE TRIANGLES ARE
CONGRUENT BY SSS (4.3)

We have already discussed that in order to prove that two triangles

are congruent, we have to rst show that all six of their
corresponding parts (3 sides, 3 angles) are congruent.

This process is tedious, so lets talk about some shortcuts that we
can use to prove that two triangles are congruent. The rst one is

Do the two triangles show SSS? Explain why or why not. If the two
triangles are congruent by SSS, write a congruency statement.

What additional piece of information would you need to be able to

use SSS to prove that the two triangles are congruent?

Is the congruency statement true? Explain your reasoning.

JKL MLK

RST TVW

Write a two-column proof.

Statements

Reasons

Statements

Reasons

Warm Up 7.3, Day 2

Do the two triangles show SSS? Explain why or why not. If the two
triangles are congruent by SSS, write a congruency statement.

What additional piece of information would you need to be able to

use SSS to prove the two triangles are congruent?

Unit 7: Congruent Triangles

Target 7.3, Day 2

PROVE TRIANGLES ARE
CONGRUENT BY SAS (4.4)

An angle is an _______________________ angle, if it is located

between two sides.
Is the marked angle an included angle between the two marked
sides?

The second triangle congruency shortcut that we are going to look

at is called SAS (side-angle-side).

Is there enough information to conclude that the triangles are

congruent? Explain why or why not. If the two triangles are
congruent, write a congruency statement.

Is there enough information to conclude that the triangles are

congruent? Explain why or why not. If the two triangles are
congruent, write a congruency statement.
Given: ABCD is a rectangle.

What additional piece of information would you need to be able to

use SAS to prove that the two triangles are congruent?

Given: B is the midpoint of AE

B is the midpoint of CD
Prove: ABD EBC
Statements

Reasons

Warm Up 7.3, Day 3

Do the two triangles show SAS? Explain why or why not. If the two
triangles are congruent by SAS, write a congruency statement.

What additional piece of information would you need to be able to

use SAS to prove the two triangles are congruent?

Unit 7: Congruent Triangles

Target 7.3, Day 3

PROVE TRIANGLES ARE
CONGRUENT BY HL (4.4)

Can the following pair of right triangles be proven to be congruent

using SAS? Explain why or why not.

BUT, since we are dealing with right triangles, is there

something else we can try...?
In a right triangle only, if we have Angle-
Side-Side, we can use the third shortcut which
we will, of course, call

Is there enough information to conclude that the triangles are

congruent? Explain why or why not. If the two triangles are
congruent, write a congruency statement.

What additional piece of information would you need to be able to

use HL to prove that the two triangles are congruent?

Statements

Reasons

Statements

Reasons

Warm Up 7.3, Day 4

Do the two triangles show HL? Explain why or why not. If the two
triangles are congruent by HL, write a congruency statement.

What additional piece of information would you need to be able to

use HL to prove the two triangles are congruent?

Unit 7: Congruent Triangles

Target 7.3, Day 4

PROVE TRIANGLES ARE
CONGRUENT BY ASA AND AAS
(4.5)

The nal two shortcuts that we can use to prove that two triangles
are congruent are ASA and AAS.

Is there enough information to prove that the triangles are

congruent? If so, state the reason (SSS, SAS, HL, ASA, or AAS).

What additional piece of information would you need to be able to

use ASA to prove that the two triangles are congruent?

What additional piece of information would you need to be able to

use AAS to prove that the two triangles are congruent?

Statements

Reasons