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Exercise 15 Page 467

Identify congruent sides in the triangles.

BC>AB

Let's copy the diagram and highlight the segments we are asked to compare.

We can make some observations about the sides of the two triangles by using the fact that segments of equal length are congruent. CD ≅ DA [0.5em] DB ≅ DB [0.5em] We can see that two sides of △ CDB are congruent to two sides of △ BDA. However, the included angle in △ CDB is larger than the included angle in △ BDA. Therefore, by the Hinge Theorem, the third side of △ CDB is longer than the third side of △ BDA. m∠ CDB > m∠ BDA ⇓ BC > AB