Describe a way to check the correctness of a subtraction answer.
1 answer:
Step-by-step explanation:
Well in general, we can represent subtraction as:
"z" represents the difference, and it really just represents x with y taken away. So if we were to "give back" this y value, we should get "x".
This means that:
So one way to check, is adding the value that's being subtracted (y value) and the difference (z value), this should get you the value that is being subtracted from (x value). If you don't get the original value that's being subtracted from (x-value) then you know the answer you got is wrong.
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ΔONP and ΔMNL.
To find:
The method and additional information that will prove ΔONP and ΔMNL similar by the AA similarity postulate?
Solution:
According to AA similarity postulate, two triangles are similar if their two corresponding angles are congruent.
In ΔONP and ΔMNL,
(Vertically opposite angles)
To prove ΔONP and ΔMNL similar by the AA similarity postulate, we need one more pair of corresponding congruent angles.
Using a rigid transformation, we can prove
Since two corresponding angles are congruent in ΔONP and ΔMNL, therefore,
(AA postulate)
Therefore, the correct option is A.