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Draw a rectangle and one of its diagonals. Determine if the two triangles formed are congruent. If they are congruent, prove using a two-column, flow or paragraph proof that the diagonal divides the rectangle into two congruent triangles? If the two triangles are not congruent, explain why not using mathematical language.

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Explanation:

We draw the rectangle, just like this:

We prove that the two angles formed are congruent by means of a two-column:

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