Mrs. SamuelianCAHSEE Prep

CONGRUENT FIGURES&

PYTHAGOREAN THEOREM

Congruent Figures

7MG 3.4 Students will identify congruent figures and match corresponding sides and angles.

Vocabulary:

Angle- A figure formed by two rays with a common endpoint-the common endpoint is called the vertex of the angle

Congruent Figures- Two or more figures that are the same shape and size

IntroductionWhen two or more shapes are alike, they are called congruent shapes.

Two or more shapes are congruent if they can be placed one on top of each other and all the points match.

This means that all the matching sides have the same length and all matching angles have the same measure.

Understanding the SymbolsNotice the tick mark on the top of each of the two triangles.

This mark means that the segments AC and DF are congruent. ------- -------

The symbol ≅ is used to show two objects are congruent.

Therefore, AC ≅ DF.-------

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Look for clues to help you match up sides and angles.

Tick marks and angle marks are a great way to indicate side and angle congruence.

Polygons with sides that have the same number of tick marks means that the sides are congruent.

Angles with an equal number of tick marks indicate congruent angles.

Identifying Corresponding Parts of Congruent Figures

• The sides and angles that match and have the same measure are called corresponding parts. The two shapes below are congruent triangles.

• Side AB corresponds to side XY, since they have the same length.

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Pythagorean Theorem

7MG 3.3 Students will use the Pythagorean theorem to find the length of the hypotenuse or to find the length of the missing leg of a right triangle.

Vocabulary

Hypotenuse: The side opposite the right angle in a right triangle (the longest side)

Pythagorean theorem: The sum of the squares of the lengths of the legs in a right triangle is equal to the square of the length of the hypotenuse

Right triangle: A triangle with one 90 degree angle

Square root: One of the two equal factors of a number

IntroductionIf you know the lengths of both legs of a right triangle, you can find the hypotenuse length using the Pythagorean theorem, a2 + b2 = c2

Also, if you know the hypotenuse length and the length of one of the legs, then you can find the missing leg length!

Square Roots√1 = 1√4 = 2√9 = 3√16 = 4√25 = 5√36 = 6√49 = 7√64 = 8√81 = 9

√100 = 10√121 = 11√144 = 12√169 = 13

Since 12 = 1Since 22 = 4Since 32 = 9Since 42 = 16Since 52 = 25Since 62 = 36Since 72 = 49Since 82 = 64Since 92 = 81Since 102 = 100Since 112 = 121Since 122 = 144Since 132 = 169

•What information are you given?•What information are you looking for?•Write the Pythagorean theorem, filling in the information that you know.• Square each of the known values.• Solve this equation algebraically to find the unknown side length.

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a2 + b2 = c2

a2 + 32 = 52

a2 + 9 = 25

a2 = 16

√a2 = √16 a = 4

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