Elementary Geometry for College Students (5th Edition)

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1439047901
ISBN 13: 978-1-43904-790-3

Chapter 3 - Review Exercises - Page 172: 7

Answer

1. We are told that JM is perpendicular to GM and GK is perpendicular to KJ. 2. Thus, the triangle GMH and HKJ are right triangles. 3. It is given that GH and HJ are congruent. 4. By the vertical angle theorem, angle GHM is congruent to angle JHK. 5. By ASA, the two triangles are congruent. 6. Thus, by the definition of congruent triangles, opposite sides GM and JK are congruent.
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