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4.1 Triangle Sum Theorem

Answers

1. m∠1 = 41°

2. m∠1 = 86°

3. m∠1 = 61°

4. m∠1 = 51°

5. m∠1 = 13°

6. m∠1 = 60°

7. m∠1 = 70°

8. 84°

9. 57°

10. 21°

11. x = 14°

12. x = 9°

13. x = 22°

14. x = 17°

15. x = 12°

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4.2 Exterior Angles Theorem

Answers

1. m∠1 = 118°

2. m∠1 = 68°

3. m∠1 = 116°

4. m∠1 = 161°

5. m∠1 = 141°

6. m∠1 = 135°

7. 180°

8. 360°

9. 360°

10. x = 30°

11. x = 25°

12. x = 7°

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4.3 Congruent Triangles

Answers

1. Yes

2. Yes

3. Yes

4. No

5. No

6. Yes

7. No

8. Yes

9. No

10. Yes

11. No

12. Yes

13. Yes

14. No

15. No

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4.4 Congruence Statements

Answers

1. ΔFGH ≅ ΔKLM

2. No, we do not know if 𝐴𝐶 ≅ 𝐵𝐷, so we cannot say that the triangles are congruent.

3. ΔABE ≅ ΔDCE

4. No, we only know that one pair of sides and one pair of angles are congruent. This is
not enough information to determine if the triangles are congruent.

5. Line up the congruent sides: ΔBCD ≅ ΔZYX

6. Corresponding Parts of Congruent Triangles are Congruent or CPCTC.

7. ∠T ≅ ∠F, ∠B ≅ ∠A, ∠S ≅ ∠M, TB ≅ FA, BS ≅ AM,TS ≅ FM

8. ∠P ≅ ∠S, ∠A ≅ ∠T, ∠M ≅ ∠E, PA ≅ ST , AM ≅ TE, PM ≅ SE

9. ∠I ≅ ∠W, ∠N ≅ ∠E, ∠T ≅ ∠B, IN ≅ WE, NT ≅ EB,IT ≅ WB

10. ∠E

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4.5 Third Angle Theorem

Answers

1. 88°

2. 42°

3. 50°

4. 42°

5. 47°

6. 43°

7. 47°

8. 37°

9. Lines are not marked parallel, we cannot assume that m∠HIJ = 108°.

10. 35°

11. Lines are not marked parallel, we cannot assume that m∠IHJ = 37°.

12. 55°

13. 63°

14. 62°

15. 63°

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4.6 SSS Triangle Congruence

Answers

1. Yes, ΔDEF ≅ ΔHJI, SSS

2. No, one triangle is SSS and the other is SAS.

3. Yes, ΔABC ≅ ΔFED, SSS

4. Yes, ΔATD ≅ ΔETD, SSS

5. AB ≅ HI

6. AB ≅ JL

7.

Statement Reason

1. B is the midpoint of DC , AD ≅ AC Given

2. DB ≅ BC Definition of a Midpoint

3. AB ≅ AB Reflexive PoC

4. ΔABD ≅ ΔABC SSS

8. Triangle #1: (-8, 0), (0, 3), and (-5, 9), Side #1 = 73, Side #2 = 90, Side #3 = 61

Triangle #2: (2, 5), (10, 2), and (5, -4), Side #1 = 90, Side #2 = 73, Side #3 = 61

The triangles are congruent by SSS.

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9. Triangle #1: (-7, 2), (1, 6), and (4, 5), Side #1 = 80, Side #2 = 130, Side #3 = 10

Triangle #2: (-1, -10), (-5, -2), and (-8, -1), Side #1 = 80, Side #2 = 130, Side #3
= 10

The triangles are congruent by SSS.

10. ΔABC: AB = 18, AC= 58, BC = 52, ΔDEF: DF = 17, DE = 58, EF = 137

The triangles are not congruent because not all the corresponding sides are congruent.

11. ΔABC: AB = 37, AC = 45, BC = 34, ΔDEF: DE = 37 ,DF = 45, EF = 34

The triangles are congruent by SSS.

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4.7 SAS Triangle Congruence

Answers

1. No, these are both SSA, which is not a congruence postulate.

2. Yes, ΔABC ≅ ΔYXZ, SAS

3. No, these are both SSA, which is not a congruent postulate

4. ∠C ≅ ∠G

5. ∠C ≅ ∠K

6. AB ≅ ON

7.

Statement Reason

1. B is a midpoint of DC , AB ⊥ DC Given

2. DB ≅ BC Definition of a midpoint

3. ∠ABD and ∠ABC are right angles ⊥ lines create 4 right angles

4. ∠ABD ≅ ∠ABC All right angles are ≅

5. AB ≅ AB Reflexive PoC

6. ΔABD ≅ ΔABC SAS

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8.

Statement Reason

1. AB is an angle bisector of ∠DAC, AD ≅ AC Given

2. ∠DAB ≅ ∠BAC Definition of an Angle Bisector

3. AB ≅ AB Reflexive PoC

4. ΔABD ≅ ΔABC SAS

9.

Statement Reason

1. B is the midpoint of DE and AC , Given

∠ABE is a right angle

2. DB ≅ BE, AB ≅ BC Definition of a Midpoint

3. m∠ABE = 90° Definition of a Right Angle

4. m∠ABE = m∠DBC Vertical Angle Theorem

5. ΔABE ≅ ΔCBD SAS

10.

Statement Reason

1. DB is the angle bisector of ∠ADC, AD ≅ DC Given

2. ∠ADB ≅ ∠BDC Definition of an Angle Bisector

3. DB ≅ DB Reflexive PoC

4. ΔABD ≅ ΔCBD SAS

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4.8 ASA and AAS Triangle Congruence

Answers

1. Yes, AAS, ΔABC ≅ FDE

2. Yes, ASA, ΔABC ≅ ΔIHG

3. No, the triangles have congruent parts that would be SSA. This is not a congruence
theorem.

4. ∠DBC ≅ ∠DBA because they are both right angles and created by perpendicular lines.

5. ∠CDB ≅ ∠ADB

6. 𝐷𝐵 ≅ 𝐷𝐵 from the Reflexive Property. We have enough to say that the triangles are
congruent by ASA.

7.

Statement Reason

1. DB ⊥ AC , Given

DB is the angle bisector of ∠CDA

2. ∠DBC and ∠ADB are right angles Definition of perpendicular

3. ∠DBC ≅ ∠ADB All right angles are ≅

4. ∠CDB ≅ ∠ADB Definition of an angle bisector

5. DB ≅ DB Reflexive PoC

6. ΔCDB ≅ ΔADB ASA

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8. ∠C ≅ ∠A by CPCTC (corresponding parts of congruent triangles are congruent)

9. ∠L ≅ ∠O and ∠P ≅ ∠N by the Alternate Interior Angles Theorem.

10. ∠LMP ≅ ∠NMO by the Vertical Angles Theorem.

11. There is more than one correct proof, this is one possible answer.
Statement Reason

1. LP || NO , LP ≅ NO Given

2. ∠L ≅ ∠O, ∠P ≅ ∠N Alternate Interior Angles Theorem

3. ΔLMP ≅ ∠OMN ASA

12. CPCTC

13. Start with the proof from #11 and continue.

Statement Reason

1. LP || NO , LP ≅ NO Given

2. ∠L ≅ ∠O, ∠P ≅ ∠N Alternate Interior Angles

3. ΔLMP ≅ ∠OMN ASA

4. LM ≅ MO CPCTC

5. M is the midpoint of PN . Definition of a midpoint

14. ∠A ≅ ∠N

15. ∠C ≅ ∠M

16. PM ≅ MN

17. 𝐿𝑀 ≅ 𝑀𝑂 or 𝐿𝑃 ≅ 𝑁𝑂

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4.9 HL Triangle Congruence

Answers

1. NM ≅ ZX

2. FG ≅ RS or FE ≅ RQ

3. VW ≅ DC and WX ≅ CB or VX ≅ DB
4. Given/Definition of Perpendicular Lines

5. AC ≅ CD

6. ED ≅ AB
7. HL Congruence

8. No

9. Yes, by SAS

10. No

11. Yes, by HL

12. No

13. No

14. Yes, by SSS

15. No

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4.10 Isosceles Triangles

Answers

1. x = 13°

2. y = 16°

3. x=1

4. y=3

5. x = 4°, y = 11°

6. True

7. False, only in an isosceles right triangle.

8. False, only in the case of an equilateral triangle.

9. True

10.

Statement Reason

1. Isosceles ΔCIS, with base angles ∠C and Given

∠S IO is the angle bisector of ∠CIS

2. ∠C ≅ ∠S Base Angles Theorem

3. ∠CIO ≅ ∠SIO Definition of an Angle Bisector

4. IO ≅ IO Reflexive PoC

5. ΔCIO ≅ ΔSIO ASA

6. CO ≅ OS CPCTC

7. ∠IOC ≅ ∠IOS CPCTC

8. ∠IOC and ∠IOS are supplementary Linear Pair Postulate

9. m∠IOC = m∠IOS = 90° Congruent Supplements Theorem

10. IO is the perpendicular bisector of CS Definition of a ⊥ bisector (Steps 6 and 9)

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11.

Statement Reason

1. Isosceles ΔICS with ∠C and ∠S, IO is the Given

perpendicular bisector of CS

2. ∠C ≅ ∠S Base Angle Theorem

3. CO ≅ OS Definition of a ⊥ bisector

4. m∠IOC = m∠IOS = 90° Definition of a ⊥ bisector

5. ΔCIO ≅ ΔSIO ASA

6. ∠CIO ≅ ∠SIO CPCTC

7. IO is the angle bisector of ∠CIS Definition of an Angle Bisector

12. Side #1 = 18, Side #2 = 18, Side #3 = 6

This is an isosceles triangle because Side #1 and Side #2 are equal.

13. Side #1 = 17, Side #2 = 40, Side #3 = 9

No sides are equal, so this is a scalene triangle.

14. Side #1 = 72, Side #2 = 234, Side #3 = 162

No sides are equal, so this is a scalene triangle.

15. Side #1 = 104, Side #2 = 208, Side #3 = 104

This is an isosceles triangle because Side #1 and Side #3 are equal.

16. Side #1 = 8, Side #2 = 65, Side #3 = 65

This is an isosceles triangle because Side #2 and Side #3 are equal.

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4.11 Equilateral Triangles

Answers

1. x = 60°

2. y = 68°

3. x = 1.5

4. y = 17

5. z = 17

6. n = 25°

7. x = ±4 2
8. x = 3, y = 2

9. x = 2, y = 5

10. z=4

11. a = −1, 6

12. m = −4°, 15°

13. x = 4, −1

14. x = ±2 14
15. x = 25°, y = 19°

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