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Please Help! In a proof to show two triangles are congruent if a given is PR ⟂ CK, which of the following statements most likely will be used within the proof?

Please Help! In a proof to show two triangles are congruent if a given is PR ⟂ CK-example-1
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User JStead
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Answer: PR and CK form right angles.

Explanation:

By definition, perpendicular lines form right angles, and vice versa (in other words, lines that form right angles are perpendicular). Since we need to show PR is perpendicular to CK, we must first show that PR and CK form right angles.

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