Why do we want to do this?
Yesterday, we proved two figures were congruent by proving ALL of their corresponding parts are congruent. While this works, it's way more work than is needed to prove two triangles are congruent. Instead, we only need to prove:
How about some examples?
Are these two triangles congruent? How do you know?
Are these two triangles congruent? How do you know?
In triangle ABC, what angle is included between sides AB and BC? What side is included by angles B and C?
More practice for a 4!