What I Need to Know

This module is designed and written to help and guide you solves corresponding parts of a congruent
triangles. The scope of this module permits it to be used in many different learning situations. The
arrangement of the lesson follows standard sequence of the course. But the pacing in which you read
and answer this module is dependent in your ability.

This module contains:

Lesson 1: Solves Corresponding Parts of Congruent Triangles

Objectives: After going through this module, you are expected to:

1. solve problems involving corresponding parts of congruent triangles.

2. model real-life situation using corresponding parts of triangle congruence.

What I Know
DIRECTION: Read and understand each item, then choose the letter of your answer and write it on your
answer sheet.

For items 1-4, refer to Figure 1 to the right.

3. If ∆𝐵𝐼𝐺 ≅ ∆𝐹𝑈𝑁, what angle is congruent to ∠𝑈?

a. ∠𝐵 b. ∠𝐼 c. ∠𝐺 d. ∠𝐹

4. If ∆𝐵𝐼𝐺 ≅ ∆𝐹𝑈𝑁, what angle is congruent to ∠𝐵?

a. ∠𝐹 b. ∠𝑈 c. ∠𝑁 d. ∠𝐺

5. What does CPCTC stand for?

a. Coordinate Parts of Corresponding Triangle are Congruent

b. Corresponding Parts of Coordinate Triangles are Congruent

c. Corresponding Parts of Congruent Triangles are Congruent

d. Congruent Parts of Corresponding Triangles are Congruent

6. Two triangles are congruent if their vertices can be paired so that corresponding __________ are
congruent and corresponding angles are congruent.

a. shape b. size c. sharp d. sides

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For items 7 and 8, refer to Figure 2.

7. If ∆𝐾𝐿𝑀 ≅ ∆𝑁𝑂𝑃, what is the measure of ∠𝑁?

a. 45° b. 55° c. 700 d. 800

8. If ∆𝐾𝐿𝑀 ≅ ∆𝑁𝑂𝑃, what side is congruent to KM?

For items 9 and 10 refer to Figure 3 above.

9. Given ∠𝑄 ≅ ∠𝐵 and ∠𝑆 ≅ ∠𝐶, what is the value of x?

a. 29 b. 28 c. 27 d. 20

10. Given ∠𝑄 ≅ ∠𝐵 and ∠𝑆 ≅ ∠𝐶, what is the 𝑚∠𝑆?

a. 68 b. 66 c. 65 d. 61

For items 11-15 refer to the given mathematical statement below:

Given ∆𝑱𝑬𝑵 ≅ ∆𝑨𝑹𝑫

11. If 𝑚∠𝐽 = 𝑎 + 10 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑚∠𝐴 = 2𝑎, what is the measure of ∠𝐽?

a. 100 b. 120 c. 200 d. 210

12. What is the value of b, if 𝑚∠𝐸 = 3𝑏 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑚∠𝑅 = 27 ?

a. 8 b. 9 c. 10 d. 11

13. If 𝐸𝑁 = 6𝑐 + 4 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑅𝐷 = 2𝑐 + 12, what is the value of c?

a. 2 b. 3 c. 4 d. 5

14. What is the length of side 𝐴𝐷, if 𝐽𝑁 = 14𝑥 + 10 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐴𝐷 = 10𝑥 + 18?

a. 38 b. 30 c. 26 d. 20

15. If 𝐽𝐸 = 5𝑦 + 9 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐴𝑅 = 2𝑦 + 18, what is the length of side 𝐽𝐸?

a. 27 b. 24 c. 23 d. 17

Lesson 1 Solves Corresponding Parts of Congruent Triangles

In this lesson, you will learn how to solve corresponding parts of congruent triangles. However,
for you to do that, you must properly identify corresponding parts of congruent triangles which is an
important skill in solving congruent triangles. To refresh your learning on this matter, try to answer the
following activity.

WHAT’S IN
Let us begin this module by having a quick review of your previous lesson.

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Activity: Identify me!

Direction: The given triangles on the right are congruent. Identify all pairs of corresponding congruent
parts by completing the table below.

What’s New
Activity: FIT ME IN!

Given: ∆𝐴𝐵𝐶 ≅ ∆𝑋𝑌𝑍

If 𝑚∠𝐴 = 40 and 𝑚∠𝐵 = 55, what is the measure of ∠𝑋? 𝑚∠𝑌?

If 𝐴𝐵 = 10𝑐𝑚, 𝐵𝐶 = 5𝑐𝑚, 𝑋𝑍 = 8𝑐𝑚, what is the length of 𝑋𝑌? 𝑌𝑍, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐴𝐶?

Guide Question:

1. How did you find the activity? Is it difficult to determine the measure of the angle of the second
triangle?

2. Did you find any difficulty in determining the length of the sides of the other triangle?

3. How were you able to determine the measure of the angles and the measure of the sides of the two
triangles?

What Is It
CPCTC Two triangles are congruent if and only if their corresponding parts are congruent.

CPCTC is an abbreviation for the phrase “Corresponding Parts of Congruent Triangles are Congruent.”
CPCTC uses congruent triangles to prove corresponding parts are congruent. In your previous activity,
the two triangles ABC and XYZ are congruent because corresponding sides have the same length, and
every corresponding angle has the same measure. The angle at A has the same measure (in degrees) as
the angle at X, the side AB is the same length as the side XY, etc.

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Illustrative Examples:

1. Given ∆𝐷𝐸𝐹 ≅ ∆𝑀𝑈𝑇, 𝑚∠𝐷 = 35, 𝑇𝑈 = 7𝑐𝑚, ∠𝐸 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ∠𝑈 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑟𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑙𝑒𝑠, find the length of 𝐹𝐸
𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑚∠𝑇.

b) Find 𝑚∠𝑇

Since the given figures are both right triangles therefore ∠𝐸 and ∠𝑈 are both equal to 900. If
𝑚∠𝐷 = 350𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑚∠𝐸 = 90, then we can already solve for ∠𝐹 since ∠𝐹 ≅ ∠𝑇.

We all know that the sum of the three angles of any triangle is equal to 180 degrees. So, we can
add the following angles of ∆𝐷𝐸𝐹.

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This is the true value of the concept; once you have proven the congruency of two triangles, you can
find the angles or sides of one of them from the other.

What’s More
Activity: What’s My Measure?

Direction: The following are pairs of congruent triangles. Find the value of the variable.

4. ∆𝐹𝐼𝑇 ≅ ∆𝐻𝑂𝑇. If 𝐼𝑇 = 4𝑦, 𝑂𝑇 = 28𝑐𝑚, 𝐹𝐼 = (𝑥 − 9)𝑐𝑚 and 𝐻𝑂 = (2𝑥 − 25)𝑐𝑚, find the value of
𝑥 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑦.

5. ∆𝐾𝐼𝐴 ≅ ∆𝐵𝑀𝑊. Find the measures of 𝑎, 𝑏, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑚∠𝐴, if 𝑚∠𝐵 = 52, 𝑚∠𝐾 = 4𝑎, ∠𝑊 = (3𝑏 +
16)°, ∠𝐴 = (5𝑏 + 2)°.

What I Have Learned

Activity: My Learning in 3… 2…1!

Complete the 3-2-1 Chart about your discoveries in solving corresponding parts of congruent triangles.
Write your answers on a separate sheet of paper.

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Assessment
Let us determine how much you have learned from this module. Read andunderstand each item, then
choose the letter of your answer and write it on your answer sheet.

1. Two angles are congruent if they have ___________.

a. same name c. unequal measures
b. equal measures d. none of these

3. If ∆𝐴𝐵𝐶 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ∆𝑃𝑄𝑅, 𝐴𝐵 = 4𝑐𝑚, 𝐵𝐶 = 5𝑐𝑚, 𝐴𝐶 = 6𝑐𝑚, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑃𝑄 = 4𝑐𝑚, 𝑄𝑅 = 5𝑐𝑚, 𝑃𝑅 = 6𝑐𝑚, which of
the following mathematical statements is TRUE?
a. ∆𝐴𝐵𝐶 ≅ ∆𝑄𝑅𝑃 b. ∆𝐴𝐵𝐶 ≅ ∆𝑃𝑅𝑄 c. ∆𝐴𝐵𝐶 ≅ ∆𝑃𝑄𝑅 d. ∆𝐴𝐵𝐶 ≅ ∆𝑄𝑃R
4. If ∆𝐷𝐸𝐹 ≅ ∆𝐵𝐶𝐴, what angle of ∆𝐵𝐶𝐴 corresponds to ∠𝐸?
a. ∠𝐴 b. ∠𝐵 c. ∠𝐶 d. none of these
5. If ∆𝐷𝐸𝐹 ≅ ∆𝐴𝐶𝐵, what angle of ∆𝐴𝐶𝐵 corresponds to ∠𝐹?
a. ∠𝐴 b. ∠𝐵 c. ∠𝐶 d. none of these
Use the diagram at the right for items 6-8. ∆𝑲𝑱𝑴 ≅ ∆𝑳𝑱M

6. If 𝑚∠𝐾𝐽𝑀 = 25, what is 𝑚∠𝐿𝐾𝐽?

a. 25 b. 30 c. 65 d. 85
7. If ∆𝐿𝐾𝐽 is an equilateral triangle and if 𝑚∠𝐾𝐽𝑀 = 30 and 𝑥 = 7.4, what is the perimeter of ∆𝐿𝐾𝐽?
a. 44.4 b. 22.2 c. 14.8 d. 7.4
8. If 𝑚∠𝐿𝐽𝐾 = 47, what is 𝑚∠𝐿𝐽𝑀?
a. 23.5 b. 25 c. 43 d. 47

10. Given ∆𝑋𝑌𝑍 ≅ ∆𝐽𝐸𝑁, 𝑚∠𝑌 = 2𝑣 + 3 and 𝑚∠𝐸 = 5𝑣 − 6, what is the value of v?

a. 9 b. 24 c. 10 d. 3

11. Given ∆𝐽𝐾𝐿 ≅ ∆𝐽𝑀𝐿, 𝑤hat are the values of 𝑥 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑦 ?

a. 𝑥 = 90, 𝑦 = 37 b. 𝑥 = 90, 𝑦 = 53 c. 𝑥 = 53, 𝑦 = 37 d. 𝑥 = 37, 𝑦 = 53

12. Given ∆𝐽𝐾𝑊 ≅ ∆𝐽𝑊𝑉, what angle is congruent to ∠𝐾 ?

a. ∠𝐽 b. ∠𝑊 c. ∠𝑉 d. none of these

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14. Given ∆𝐴𝐵𝑍 ≅ ∆𝑋𝑌𝐶, what angle is congruent to ∠𝐴 ?

a. ∠𝑋 b. ∠𝑌 c. ∠𝐶 d. none of these

Key Answers

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