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4. Congruence and Transformations
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Exercise 4 Page 204

Can you map any of the figures onto each other?

ABCD ≅ HJKL
△ EFG ≅ △ QRS
△ MNP ≅ △ TUV

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To determine the which figures are congruent, if any, let's start with the rectangles. The orientation of these figures is the same, so we only need to verify if a translation has taken place. By translating ABCD down by 4 units and 6 units right, it will map onto HJKL. Therefore, we can say they are congruent.

Next, let's consider the triangles △ EFG and △ QRS. We can see that y=- x forms a line of reflection. Thus, they are congruent figures as well.

Finally, let's look at the triangles on the top half of the coordinate plane, △ MNP and △ TUV. Since they have different orientations, we need to check whether or not there has been a rotation. Let's rotate △ ABC 90^(∘) about the origin.

We can see that the rotation mapped figures onto each other, so △ MNP is a 90^(∘) rotation about the origin of △ TUV. This makes these triangles congruent figures.