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Determine whether the triangles can be proved similar. If they are similar, write a similarity statement. If they are not similar, explain why.

Determine whether the triangles can be proved similar. If they are similar, write-example-1
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Answer:
\triangle RQP \sim \triangle VPW

Explanation:

By the corresponding angles theorem,
\angle RPQ \cong \angle VWP and
\angle RQP \cong \angle VPW.

Therefore,
\triangle RQP \sim \triangle VPW by AA.

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