SOLUTION: What is it called when you go from a statement like AB = CD then in the next one it has the lines over the AB and the CD?
Algebra ->
Geometry-proofs
-> SOLUTION: What is it called when you go from a statement like AB = CD then in the next one it has the lines over the AB and the CD?
Log On
Question 520290: What is it called when you go from a statement like AB = CD then in the next one it has the lines over the AB and the CD? Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source):
means "the measure of line segment AB is equal to the measure of line segment CD"
@
means "line segment AB is congruent to line segment CD"
For most purposes, they are virtually identical statements. However, remember Mark Twain's admonition: "The difference between the right word and almost the right word is the difference between lightning and the lightning bug."
John
My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it
