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write an equality relating the given side lengths. If there is not enough informations to reach a conclusion, write no conclusion

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Answer:

1)
ST > MN

2)
BA > BC

3)
CF > CD

4)
JL > MO

Explanation:

Let's assume that we have the following four cases in the figure attached.

In order to create inequalities related to the possible angles between the two triangles for each case we ned to use the following theorem:

Hinge theorem""If two sides of one triangle are congruent to two sides of another triangle, and the included angles are not congruent, then the longer third side is opposite the larger included angle"

Part 1

For this case we have that the angle
<MLN = 57 and from the graph we know that the angle
< SRT=90 so then we have that angle
SRT> MLN so then we can conclude from the theorem above that:


ST > MN

Part 2

For this case we have that the angle
<BDC = 87 and from the graph we know that the angle
< BDA=180-87=93 so then we have that angle
BDA> BDC so then we can conclude from the theorem above that:


BA > BC

Part 3

For this case we have that the angle
<DEC= 77 and from the graph we know that the angle
< CEF=180-77=103 so then we have that angle
CEF> ECD so then we can conclude from the theorem above that:


CF > CD

Part 4

For this case we have that the angle
<JKL = 60 and from the graph we know that the angle
< MNO=44 so then we have that angle
JKL> MNO so then we can conclude from the theorem above that:


JL > MO

write an equality relating the given side lengths. If there is not enough informations-example-1
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