"All congruent triangles are similar, but all similar triangles are not congruent". Justify please!

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Gordonwd asked Jul 3, 2022

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"All congruent triangles are similar, but all similar triangles are not congruent". Justify please!

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Gordonwd asked Jul 3, 2022

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Congruent means that the triangles are exactly the same in size and shape whereas similar means that the triangles have the same shape, but not the same size. Hope this helps!

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True similar triangles don't have to be the same size

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Mateusz Rogulski answered Jul 8, 2022

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