4.2 - 4.6 Study Guide

Front

What does CPCTC stand for?

Back

Corresponding parts of congruent triangles are congruent.

Front

Determine if the two triangles are congruent. If they are, state the postulate: Two triangles with two angles and the included side equal.

Back

AAS

Front

Determine if the two triangles are congruent. If they are, state the postulate: Two triangles with all three sides equal.

Back

SSS

Front

Name the postulate, if possible, that makes the triangles congruent: Two triangles with two sides and the included angle equal.

Back

SAS

Front

Fill in the blank: The property that states an object is equal to itself is called ___.

Back

Reflexive Property

Front

What is the definition of congruent triangles?

Back

Triangles that have the same size and shape, meaning their corresponding sides and angles are equal.

Front

What does the SSS postulate state?

Back

If three sides of one triangle are equal to three sides of another triangle, then the triangles are congruent.

Front

What does the SAS postulate state?

Back

If two sides and the included angle of one triangle are equal to two sides and the included angle of another triangle, then the triangles are congruent.

Front

What does the AAS postulate state?

Back

If two angles and a non-included side of one triangle are equal to two angles and the corresponding non-included side of another triangle, then the triangles are congruent.

Front

What is the definition of the Transitive Property?

Back

If a = b and b = c, then a = c.