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You either show that the corresponding angles are equal or that the lengths of corresponding sides are in the same ratio.

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Q: How do you prove that two triangles are similar?
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Why can't you use AAA to prove two triangles congruent?

You can't use AAA to prove two triangles congruent because triangles can have the same measures of all its angles but be bigger or smaller, AAA could probably be used to prove two triangles are similar not congruent.


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When will two right triangles be similar?

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How do you prove triangles similar?

To prove that two or more triangles are similar, you must know either SSS, SAS, AAA or ASA. That is, Side-Side-Side, Side-Angle-Side, Angle-Angle-Angle or Angle-Side-Angle. If the sides are proportionate and the angles are equal in any of these four patterns, then the triangles are similar.


How does transformations prove that two triangles are similar?

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Two equilateral triangles are sometimes similar?

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Is it possible for two triangles to have two pairs of sides that are proportional without the triangles being similar?

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Here guys Thanks :D Congruent triangles are similar figures with a ratio of similarity of 1, that is 1 1 . One way to prove triangles congruent is to prove they are similar first, and then prove that the ratio of similarity is 1. In these sections of the text the students find short cuts that enable them to prove triangles congruent in fewer steps, by developing five triangle congruence conjectures. They are SSS! , ASA! , AAS! , SAS! , and HL ! , illustrated below.