Given Side-Angle-Side
Given: 2 sides and their included angleInteract with this applet below for a few minutes, then answer the questions that follow.
As you do, feel free to move the BIG WHITE POINTS anywhere you'd like on the screen!
Q1:
What geometry transformations did you observe in the applet above? List them.
Q2:
What common trait do all these transformations (you listed in your response to (1)) have?
So.... If 2 sides and the included angle of one triangle are congruent to 2 sides and the included angle of another triangle, can we say those 2 triangles are congruent? Fully explain why or why not.