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Are Figure A and Figure B congruent? If so, describe a composition of rigid motions that maps Figure A to Figure B. If not, explain?

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Final answer:

Figure A and Figure B are not congruent as there is no combination of rigid motions that can map the shape of an elephant to the shape of a figure skater.

Step-by-step explanation:

The question seems to be a mix-up of several unrelated problems, but the core question appears to be about identifying whether two figures are congruent. Congruency in geometry means that two figures have the same size and shape and can be mapped onto each other using rigid motions, which include translations (slides), rotations (turns), and reflections (flips). If Figure A is a photo of a large gray elephant on grassy beige terrain and Figure B is a photo of a figure skater with her right skate on the ice and her upper torso lowered, then they are not congruent. This is because there are no compositions of rigid motions that can be performed to map an elephant to the shape of a figure skater; they are inherently different in shape.

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