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Hi, could you help me figure out why I got 8 points off in this problem?

Hi, could you help me figure out why I got 8 points off in this problem?-example-1

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In triangle PQR

Construction: Draw PX perpendicular to QR where x lies on QR

Since:

PX perpendicular to QR

In the 2 triangles PXQ and PXR

given

proved up

PX = PX ------- common side in the 2 triangles

Triangle PXQ congruent to triangle PXR by the AAS theorem of congruency

As a result of congruency

PQ = PR ------- proved

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