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Congruent triangles
If you can take one figure and flip, shift and rotate (not resize) it to be identical to another figure, then the two figures are congruent. This topic explores this foundational idea in geometry.
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Congruent Triangles and SSS
ccWhat it means for triangles to be congruent
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SSS to Show a Radius is Perpendicular to a Chord that it Bisects
ccMore on the difference between a theorem and axiom. Proving a cool result using SSS
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Other Triangle Congruence Postulates
ccSSS, SAS, ASA and AAS postulates for congruent triangles. Showing AAA is only good for similarity and SSA is good for neither
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Two column proof showing segments are perpendicular
ccUsing triangle congruency postulates to show that two intersecting segments are perpendicular
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Finding Congruent Triangles
ccUsing the SSS, ASA, SAS, and AAS postulates to find congruent triangles
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More on why SSA is not a postulate
ccSSA special cases including RSH
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Perpendicular Radius Bisects Chord
ccSimple proof using RSH postulate to show that a radius perpendicular to a chord bisects it
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Congruent Triangle Proof Example
ccProving that a point is the midpoint via triangle congruency
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Congruent Triangle Example 2
ccShowing that segments have the same length
Congruence postulates
We begin to seriously channel Euclid in this tutorial to really, really (no, really) prove things--in particular, that triangles are congruents. You'll appreciate (and love) what rigorous proofs are. It will sharpen your mind and make you a better friend, relative and citizen (and make you more popular in general). Don't have too much fun.
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Congruent legs and base angles of Isosceles Triangles
ccShowing that congruent legs imply equal base angles and vice versa
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Equilateral Triangle Sides and Angles Congruent
ccShowing that all of the angles of an equilateral triangle are 60 degrees
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Equilateral and Isosceles Example Problems
ccThree example problems involving isosceles and equilateral triangles. 2 from Art of Problem Solving (by Richard Ruscyk) book
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Another Isosceles Example Problem
ccPossible angles for an isosceles triangle
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Example involving an isosceles triangle and parallel lines
ccIntegrating what we know about isosceles triangles and parallel lines
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Figuring out all the angles for congruent triangles example
ccAnother example of using congruency to figure out a bunch of angles
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Problem involving angle derived from square and circle
ccChallenging problem to find an angle
Congruence and isosceles and equilateral triangles
This tutorial uses our understanding of congruence postulates to prove some neat properties of isosceles and equilateral triangles.