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4. Proving Statements about Segments and Angles
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Exercise 30 Page 475

The symbol ≅ means congruent.

Reflexive Property of Segment Congruence

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The statement DE describes the segment between D and E.

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