SOLUTION: Given: Right triangles CES and RST. Triangles: https://vallejocity.owschools.com/media/g_geo_ccss_2016/4/img_geou04l04_03.gif explain what additional information is needed to

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Question 1103304: Given: Right triangles CES and RST.
Triangles: https://vallejocity.owschools.com/media/g_geo_ccss_2016/4/img_geou04l04_03.gif
explain what additional information is needed to prove triangle CES congruent to triangle RST.

Answer by greenestamps(13209) About Me  (Show Source):
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The two triangles are similar, because they are right triangles, and angles CSE and RST are congruent because they are vertical angles.

To prove congruence, you need any one pair of corresponding sides to be congruent.
It could be any one of CS and RS, or CE and RT, or ES and TS.