SOLUTION: Explain why you cannot use postulate AAA to prove two triangles congruent

Question 259990: Explain why you cannot use postulate AAA to prove two triangles congruent
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Explain why you cannot use postulate AAA to prove two triangles congruent
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Consider an equiangular triangle the size of a dime.
Consider an equiangular triangle the size of a city.
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The angles are all equal but the sides are not.
Therefore the triangles are not congruent.
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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