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May I please get help with finding out weather each of them can be the HL congruence property

May I please get help with finding out weather each of them can be the HL congruence-example-1
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The hypotenuse-leg theorem states that two right right triangles are congruent if the hypotenuse and a leg of one triangle are congruent to the hypotenuse and a leg of the other triangle. Looking at the given options,

For a,

We only know that two legs are congruent. We can't confirm that the hypotenuses are congruent

For b,

two legs and two hypotenuses are congruent

For c, the triangles don't have hypotenuses because they are not right triangles.

For d, the hypotenuses of both triangles is the common line. This means that they are congruent. Two legs are also congruent.

Thus, the correct options are

b. Yes

d. Yes

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