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Math A

Practice with Congruence

 

Answer the following questions dealing with congruent figures.

 

1.

Triangle ABC is congruent to triangle DEF with
.
If 
AB = 2x + 10, and DE = 4x - 20,
find the value of x.

Choose:

5
10
15
60

 

 

2.

Which of the following cannot be used in proving triangles congruent?

Choose:

a
  b
c
d
a.  SSS SSS
b.  AAA AAA
c.  SAS SAS
d.  AAS AAS

 

 

3.

Triangle ABC is congruent to triangle A'B'C'.   If angle C is represented by 2x - 10
and angle C' is represented by 3x - 40,
find the measure of angle C.

Choose:

15
30
50
90

 

 

4.

Triangle DEF is congruent to triangle D'E'F'. 
If EF is represented by 6x + 4
and E'F' is represented by 2x + 20,
find the value of x.


Choose:

3
4
5
6

 

 

5.

Two triangles are congruent if they have 2 angles and the included side of one triangle congruent to the corresponding parts of the other triangle.

Choose:

True
False

 

 

6.

If three sides of one triangle are congruent respectively to the three sides of another triangle, then the 2 triangles are _________ congruent.

Choose:

Always
Sometimes
Never

 

 

7.

If it can be proved that if it is also known that

Choose:

a
b
c
d
a. 
b. 
c. 
d. 

 

 

8.

Polygon ABCD is congruent to polygon A'B'C'D'. 
If angle A corresponds to angle A',
the value of angle A' is 5x - 65 and
the value of angle A is 2x - 5,
find angle A.

Choose:

10
20
30
35

 


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