Chapter: Triangles : - Congruence : āϏāĻŽāĻĻ⧃āĻļā§āϝāϤāĻž Triangle


Grade 9 Mathematics : Chapter: Triangles


Diffennce of Congruence vs Congruent // Congruence āφ⧰⧁ Congruent-ā§° āĻĒāĻžā§°ā§āĻĨāĻ•ā§āϝ


Congruence is the concept or property which describes the condition when two figures have the same shape and size. It is not a figure itself but an idea that tells us about equality. On the other hand, congruent is a term used to describe the actual figures that are equal in shape and size. For example, if â–ŗABC ≅ â–ŗDEF, then the triangles are called congruent, and this equality is known as congruence.


Congruence āĻŽāĻžāύ⧇ āĻšā§ˆāϛ⧇ āϏ⧇āχ āϧāĻžā§°āĻŖāĻž āĻŦāĻž āϗ⧁āĻŖ āϝāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻŦ⧁āϜāĻžā§Ÿ āϝ⧇ āĻĻ⧁āϟāĻž āφāĻ•āĻžā§°ā§° āφāĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻŋ āφ⧰⧁ āφāĻ•āĻžā§° āĻāϕ⧇āĨ¤ āχ āύāĻŋāĻœā§‡ āϕ⧋āύ⧋ āφāĻ•āĻžā§° āύāĻšā§Ÿ, āĻŦā§°āĻžā§āϚ āĻāϟāĻž āϏāĻŽāĻžāύāϤāĻžā§° āĻ…ā§ąāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĨ¤ āφāύāĻšāĻžāϤ⧇, congruent āĻšā§ˆāϛ⧇ āϏ⧇āχ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āϝāĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āϕ⧰āĻŋ āϏāĻŽāĻžāύ āφāĻ•āĻžā§°āĻŦā§‹ā§° āĻŦā§°ā§āĻŖāύāĻž āϕ⧰āĻž āĻšā§ŸāĨ¤ āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖāĻ¸ā§āĻŦā§°ā§‚āĻĒ⧇, āϝāĻĻāĻŋ â–ŗABC ≅ â–ŗDEF āĻšā§Ÿ, āϤ⧇āĻ¨ā§āϤ⧇ āĻ¤ā§ā§°āĻŋāϭ⧁āϜ āĻĻ⧁āϟāĻž congruent āĻŦā§‹āϞāĻž āĻšā§Ÿ āφ⧰⧁ āĻāχ āϏāĻŽāĻžāύāϤāĻžāĻ• congruence āĻŦā§‹āϞāĻž āĻšā§ŸāĨ¤


āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ



  • â–ŗABC ≅ â–ŗDEF → āĻāχāĻŸā§‹ Congruent (āĻ¤ā§ā§°āĻŋāϭ⧁āϜ āĻĻ⧁āϟāĻž āϏāĻŽāĻžāύ)

  • āĻāχ āϏāĻŽāĻžāύāϤāĻž → Congruence


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Congruent Triangle (āϏāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻ¤ā§ā§°āĻŋāϭ⧁āϜ) 


Definition (āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž): Congruent triangles are triangles that have the same size and shape. Their corresponding sides and angles are equal. āϏāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻ¤ā§ā§°āĻŋāϭ⧁āϜ (Congruent triangles) āĻŽāĻžāύ⧇ āĻšā§ˆāϛ⧇ āϏ⧇āχ āĻ¤ā§ā§°āĻŋāϭ⧁āϜāĻŦā§‹ā§° āϝāĻžā§° āφāĻ•āĻžā§° āφ⧰⧁ āφāĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻŋ āĻāϕ⧇ āĻšā§ŸāĨ¤ āϤ⧇āύ⧇āĻ•ā§ā§ąāĻž āĻ¤ā§ā§°āĻŋāϭ⧁āϜ⧰ āϏāĻŽāĻĒāĻ•ā§āĻˇā§€ā§Ÿ āĻŦāĻžāĻšā§ āφ⧰⧁ āϕ⧋āĻŖāĻŦā§‹ā§° āϏāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻšā§ŸāĨ¤


Example : Solved (āϏāĻŽāĻžāϧāĻžāύ) :  Click Here


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Congruence : Definition: Congruence means equality of shape and size. Two figures are congruent if their corresponding sides and angles are equal. They can be placed exactly over each other and coincide completely. This property is called congruence.


Congruence āĻŽāĻžāύ⧇ āĻšā§ˆāϛ⧇ āφāĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻŋ āφ⧰⧁ āφāĻ•āĻžā§°ā§° āϏāĻŽāĻžāύāϤāĻžāĨ¤ āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āĻĻ⧁āϟāĻž āϚāĻŋāĻ¤ā§ā§°ā§° āϏāĻŽā§āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧāĻŋāϤ āĻŦāĻžāĻšā§ āφ⧰⧁ āϕ⧋āĻŖāϏāĻŽā§‚āĻš āϏāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻšā§Ÿ, āϤ⧇āĻ¨ā§āϤ⧇ āϏāĻŋāĻšāρāϤ āϏāĻŽāĻĻ⧃āĻļā§āϝāĨ¤ āĻāχāĻŦā§‹ā§° āĻāϕ⧇ āĻ“āĻĒā§°āϤ ā§°āĻžāĻ–āĻŋāϞ⧇ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§‚ā§°ā§āĻŖ āĻŽāĻŋāϞ āĻ–āĻžā§ŸāĨ¤ āĻāχ āϗ⧁āĻŖāĻ• Congruence āĻŦā§‹āϞāĻž āĻšā§ŸāĨ¤


Symbol used: āϚāĻŋāĻšā§āύ: ≃ / ≅ . Ex: āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ â–ŗABC ≅ â–ŗDEF. Rule : SSS - SAS - ASA - RH



Important Points: āϗ⧁⧰⧁āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§‚ā§°ā§āĻŖ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž:



  • Congruent figures overlap exactly when placed one on another. āϏāĻŽāĻĻ⧃āĻļā§āϝ āϚāĻŋāĻ¤ā§ā§° āĻĻ⧁āϟāĻž āĻāϟāĻž āĻ“āĻĒā§°āϤ āĻāϟāĻž ā§°āĻžāĻ–āĻŋāϞ⧇ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§‚ā§°ā§āĻŖ āĻŽāĻŋāϞ āĻ–āĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤

  • āφāĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻŋ āφ⧰⧁ āφāĻ•āĻžā§° āĻĻ⧁āϝāĻŧā§‹ āĻāϕ⧇ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤ Shape and size are the same.

  • āĻ…ā§ąāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āĻŦāĻž āĻĻāĻŋāĻļ āϏāϞāύāĻŋ āĻš’āϞ⧇āĻ“ āϏāĻŽāĻĻ⧃āĻļā§āϝāϤāĻž āϏāϞāύāĻŋ āύāĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤Position or direction does not matter.



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Exam Tip: “Same shape and same size” āĻāχ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝāĻŸā§‹ āϞāĻŋāĻ–āĻŋāϞ⧇ āĻĒā§‚ā§°ā§āĻŖ āύāĻŽā§āĻŦā§° āĻĒā§‹ā§ąāĻž āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤


CPCT: Corresponding Parts of Congruent Triangles


Meaning: Once we prove that two triangles are congruent, all their corresponding (matching) sides and corresponding angles are automatically equal.


Use CPCT :


1st: Prove Congruence : First, prove that two triangles are congruent using any congruence rule: SSS, SAS, ASA, RHS


Ex: â–ŗABC â–ŗPQR


2nd: Apply CPCT, Therefore, by CPCT, AB = PQ, A=P, BC=QR, B=Q


CPCT: Corresponding Parts of Congruent Triangles (āϏāĻŽāĻĻ⧃āĻļā§āϝ āĻ¤ā§ā§°āĻŋāϭ⧁āϜ⧰ āϏāĻŽā§āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧāĻŋāϤ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļāϏāĻŽā§‚āĻš)


āĻ…ā§°ā§āĻĨ: āĻāĻŦāĻžā§° āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āĻĻ⧁āϟāĻž āĻ¤ā§ā§°āĻŋāϭ⧁āϜāĻ• āϏāĻŽāĻĻ⧃āĻļā§āϝ (Congruent) āĻŦ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻŽāĻžāĻŖ āϕ⧰āĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ, āϤ⧇āĻ¨ā§āϤ⧇ āϏāĻŋāĻšāρāϤ⧰ āϏāĻŽā§āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧāĻŋāϤ āϏāĻ•āϞ⧋ āĻŦāĻžāĻšā§ āφ⧰⧁ āϏāĻŽā§āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧāĻŋāϤ āϏāĻ•āϞ⧋ āϕ⧋āĻŖ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāϝāĻŧāĻ‚āĻ•ā§ā§°āĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻ­āĻžā§ąā§‡ āϏāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤


Rule : SSS - SAS - ASA - RHS :  View Paper


CPCT āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§°ā§° āϧāĻžāĻĒ:


1st: āϏāĻŽāĻĻ⧃āĻļā§āϝāϤāĻž āĻĒā§ā§°āĻŽāĻžāĻŖ āϕ⧰āĻž, āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽā§‡ SSS, SAS, ASA āĻŦāĻž RHS āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻŽ āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āϕ⧰āĻŋ āĻĻ⧁āϟāĻž āĻ¤ā§ā§°āĻŋāϭ⧁āϜ āϏāĻŽāĻĻ⧃āĻļā§āϝ āĻŦ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻŽāĻžāĻŖ āϕ⧰āĻŋāĻŦ āϞāĻžāϗ⧇āĨ¤


āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ: â–ŗABC ≅ â–ŗPQR


2nd: CPCT āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āϕ⧰āĻž āϏ⧇āϝāĻŧ⧇, CPCT āĻ…āύ⧁āϏāĻžā§°ā§‡, AB = PQ, ∠A = ∠P, BC = QR, ∠B = ∠Q


Exam Trick: “Once triangles are congruent, their corresponding parts are equal (CPCT).” / “āĻāĻŦāĻžā§° āĻ¤ā§ā§°āĻŋāϭ⧁āϜ āĻĻ⧁āϟāĻž āϏāĻŽāĻĻ⧃āĻļā§āϝ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻŽāĻžāĻŖ āĻš’āϞ⧇, āϏāĻŋāĻšāρāϤ⧰ āϏāĻŽā§āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧāĻŋāϤ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļāϏāĻŽā§‚āĻš āϏāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻšāϝāĻŧ (CPCT)āĨ¤”


Inequalities in Triangles : āĻ¤ā§ā§°āĻŋāϭ⧁āϜāϤ āĻ…āϏāĻŽāϤāĻž (Inequalities)


Theorem: If two sides of a triangle are unequal, then the angle opposite to the longer side is larger (greater). āωāĻĒāĻĒāĻžāĻĻā§āϝ: āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āĻāϟāĻž āĻ¤ā§ā§°āĻŋāϭ⧁āϜ⧰ āĻĻ⧁āϟāĻž āĻŦāĻžāĻšā§ āĻ…āϏāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻšāϝāĻŧ, āϤ⧇āĻ¨ā§āϤ⧇ āĻĻā§€āϘāϞ āĻŦāĻžāĻšā§āĻŸā§‹ā§° āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒā§°ā§€āϤ āϕ⧋āĻŖāĻŸā§‹ āĻĄāĻžāϙ⧰ (āĻŦāĻž āĻ…āϧāĻŋāĻ•) āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤


Inequalities Triangle: Click Here









Exam Trick: āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰ āϞāĻŋāĻ–ā§‹āρāϤ⧇ “longer side → larger opposite angle” āĻāχ āϞāĻžāχāύāĻŸā§‹ āωāĻ˛ā§āϞ⧇āĻ– āϕ⧰āĻŋāϞ⧇ āύāĻŽā§āĻŦā§° āύāĻŋāĻļā§āϚāĻŋāϤāĨ¤










Converse Property of Isosceles Triangle : āϏāĻŽāĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻšā§ āĻ¤ā§ā§°āĻŋāϭ⧁āϜ⧰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒā§°ā§€āϤ āĻ§ā§°ā§āĻŽ


TheoremThe sides opposite to equal angles of a triangle are equal. āωāĻĒāĻĒāĻžāĻĻā§āϝ: āĻāϟāĻž āĻ¤ā§ā§°āĻŋāϭ⧁āϜ⧰ āϏāĻŽāĻžāύ āϕ⧋āĻŖāϏāĻŽā§‚āĻšā§° āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒā§°ā§€āϤ āĻŦāĻžāĻšā§āϏāĻŽā§‚āĻš āϏāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤


Statement / āĻŦāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŦā§āϝ: If (āϝāĻĻāĻŋ): ∠B = ∠C, Then (āϤ⧇āĻ¨ā§āϤ⧇): AC = AB

Converse Property : Click Here

Exam Trick -āĻĒā§°ā§€āĻ•ā§āώāĻžā§° āϟāĻŋāĻĒ: Equal angles → opposite sides equal. āϏāĻŽāĻžāύ āϕ⧋āĻŖ → āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒā§°ā§€āϤ āĻŦāĻžāĻšā§ āϏāĻŽāĻž










Isosceles Triangle Property – 1 āϏāĻŽāĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻšā§ āĻ¤ā§ā§°āĻŋāϭ⧁āϜ⧰ āĻ§ā§°ā§āĻŽ – ā§§ : Click Here


Theorem: The angles opposite to equal sides of an isosceles triangle are equal.


āωāĻĒāĻĒāĻžāĻĻā§āϝ: āĻāϟāĻž āϏāĻŽāĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻšā§ āĻ¤ā§ā§°āĻŋāϭ⧁āϜ⧰ āϏāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻŦāĻžāĻšā§ā§° āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒā§°ā§€āϤ āϕ⧋āĻŖāϏāĻŽā§‚āĻš āϏāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤


Statement / āĻŦāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŦā§āϝ: If (āϝāĻĻāĻŋ): AB = AC Then (āϤ⧇āĻ¨ā§āϤ⧇): ∠A=∠B

 

Exam Trick / āĻĒā§°ā§€āĻ•ā§āώāĻžā§° āϟāĻŋāĻĒ: Equal sides → opposite angles equal : āϏāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻŦāĻžāĻšā§ → āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒā§°ā§€āϤ āϕ⧋āĻŖ āϏāĻŽāĻžāύ


RHS (Right–Hypotenuse–Side) Congruence Rule : RHS (Right–Hypotenuse–Side) āϏāĻŽāĻĻ⧃āĻļā§āϝāϤāĻž āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻŽ


Applies to: Right-angled triangles only : āĻĒā§ā§°āϝ⧋āĻœā§āϝ : āĻ•ā§‡ā§ąāϞ āϏāĻŽāϕ⧋āĻŖā§€ āĻ¤ā§ā§°āĻŋāϭ⧁āϜ⧰ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦ⧇


Rule: If the hypotenuse and one side of a right-angled triangle are equal to the corresponding hypotenuse and side of another right-angled triangle, then the two triangles are congruent.

RHS (Right–Hypotenuse–Side) : Click here

 

āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻŽ: āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āĻĻ⧁āϟāĻž āϏāĻŽāϕ⧋āĻŖā§€ āĻ¤ā§ā§°āĻŋāϭ⧁āϜ⧰ āĻ…āϧāĻŋāĻ•āĻŦāĻžāĻšā§ (Hypotenuse) āφ⧰⧁ āĻāϟāĻž āϏāĻŽā§āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧāĻŋāϤ āĻŦāĻžāĻšā§ āϏāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻšāϝāĻŧ, āϤ⧇āĻ¨ā§āϤ⧇ āĻ¤ā§ā§°āĻŋāϭ⧁āϜ āĻĻ⧁āϟāĻž āϏāĻŽāĻĻ⧃āĻļā§āϝ (Congruent) āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤Exam Tip | āĻĒā§°ā§€āĻ•ā§āώāĻžā§° āϟāĻŋāĻĒ:
āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽā§‡ Right angle = 90° āωāĻ˛ā§āϞ⧇āĻ– āϕ⧰āĻŋāĻŦ, āϤāĻžā§° āĻĒāĻŋāĻ›āϤ Hypotenuse āφ⧰⧁ One Side āϏāĻŽāĻžāύ āϞāĻŋāĻ–āĻŋāĻŦ, āĻļ⧇āώāϤ āϞāĻŋāĻ–āĻŋāĻŦ → ∴ â–ŗABC ≅ â–ŗPQR (by RHS rule)