Are the two triangles similar? How do you know?
The figure shows triangles H G M and K J M formed by intersecting segments H K and G J at point M. Angle H is 47 degrees. Angle K is 47 degrees.
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Responses
no
no
yes; by AA ~
yes; by AA ~
yes; by SAS ~
yes; by SAS ~
yes; by SSS ~
yes; by AA ~
AA stands for Angle-Angle similarity, which means that if two angles of a triangle are congruent to two angles of another triangle, then the triangles are similar. In this case, angle H is congruent to angle K in the other triangle. Therefore, the two triangles are similar.