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4. Proving Statements about Segments and Angles
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Exercise 9 Page 472

The symbol ≅ means congruent.

Reflexive Property of Segment Congruence

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The statement GH describes the segment between G and H.

Since ≅ means congruent, the statement GH≅ GH means that GH is congruent with itself. Since the statement is referring to a segment, this is known as the Reflexive Property of Segment Congruence.