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ASA is not a triangle, it is a method of proving that two triangles are congruent.

ASA refers to showing that if two angles and a side (Angle-Side-Angle) of one triangle are the same measures as the corresponding angles and side of another triangle, then the two triangles are congruent.

Since the three angles sum to 180 degrees, if two of them in one triangle are equal to the corresponding angles in the second triangle, then the third set of angles must also be equal. Consequently, ASA is equivalent to AAS and SAA.

That is NOT The case with two sides and an angle, where it must be the included angle that is equal.

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