Given: Triangle SVX is congruent to triangle UTX and Line SV is parallel to line TU.
Prove: VUTS is a parallelogram.
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Proof:
First, we are given that triangle SVX is congruent to triangle UTX. By the definition of congruent triangles, this means that SV is congruent to UT, VX is congruent to TX, and angle SVX is congruent to angle UTX.
Next, we are also given that line SV is parallel to line TU. By the definition of parallel lines, this means that the corresponding angles formed by SV and TU are congruent. Therefore, angle V is congruent to angle T and angle S is congruent to angle U.
Now, let's consider the quadrilateral VUTS. By the information given, we know that angle V is congruent to angle T, angle S is congruent to angle U, and SV is congruent to UT.
Using these congruent angles and sides, we can conclude that opposite angles of VUTS are congruent and opposite sides of VUTS are congruent.
Therefore, using the definition of a parallelogram (a quadrilateral with both pairs of opposite sides parallel), we can conclude that VUTS is a parallelogram.