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4. Congruence and Transformations
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Exercise 3 Page 204

Can you map any of the figures onto another?

LMNP ≅ DEFG and △ QRS ≅ △ HJK

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Starting with the two quadrilaterals, we see that they have the same shape, size, and orientation. What separates them is their position on the coordinate plane. By translating LMNP by 7 units to the right and 3 units down, we can map LMNP onto DEFG. Therefore, they are congruent.

Regarding △ JHK and △ QRS, they seem to have the same shape and size. However, since they have both different orientation and location, we are likely dealing with a rotation about the origin. Let's rotate △ QRS about the origin 90^(∘).

As we can see, a rotation 90^(∘) about the origin maps △ QRS onto △ JHK. Therefore, they are congruent. Regarding the final two triangles we see that they do not have the same shape. This means they cannot be congruent.