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From the diagram below, given the side lengths marked, and if we know that < C is congruent to < F, we can say that ___

From the diagram below, given the side lengths marked, and if we know that < C-example-1
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SAS Similarity Theorem: If two sides in one triangle are proportional to two sides in another triangle and the included angle in both are congruent, then the two triangles are similar.

AC is proportional to DE while BC is proportional to FE, but F is not the included angle between those sides, therefore, those triangles are not similar by SAS.

The Angle-Side-Angle Postulate (ASA) states that if two angles and the included side of one triangle are congruent to two angles and the included side of another triangle, then the two triangles are congruent. Since we have information only about one of the angles, ASA also doesn't apply.

For two triangles to be congruent, all of their measures must be congruent, which is not the case of our triangles.

The answer is option d. The two cannot be proven to be similar.

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