Question

Consider △JKL and △MNP.

Which statement is true?


The triangles are congruent because there is a series of rigid motions that maps △JKL to △MNP.

The triangles are not congruent because mapping △JKL to △MNP by using only one transformation is not valid.

The triangles are not congruent because at least one of the transformations that map △JKL to △MNP is not a rigid motion.

Answer 1

I believe the answer is C, because the only way to move it to dilate, which is not a rigid transformation because it changes the shapes size.

Answer 2

The triangles are not congruent because at least one of the transformations that map JKL to MNP is not a rigid transformation.

We can map point N and M on to J and K but point P can't be mapped on point L using the same transformation.

Hope this helps :)