Table of Contents
Table of Contents
- Congruent Figures Concept
- Congruent Figures and their Areas
- Summary
- What’s Next?
In the first segment of the lesson Areas of parallelograms and triangles, we will learn about Congruent figures.
What are Congruent figures?
Two figures are said to be congruent if they have the same shape and same size.
Congruent figures
What is the relationship between area and congruency?
Congruent figures have equal areas
Figures A and B are congruent as they have the same shape and size.
Since they are the exact replica of each other, the area of figure A is equal to the area of figure B.
Figures that have equal areas need not be congruent
Consider the below figures.
A B E F
D C H G
