What additional information is needed to prove triangle LMN is congruent to triangle KMN using the HL theorem?

Mathematics

2 answers:

Alexxx [7]3 years ago

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<h3>Answer</h3>

leg MN of both triangle is equal.

<h3>Step-by-step explanation</h3>

HL stands for "Hypotenuse, Leg" (the longest side of a right-angled triangle is called the "hypotenuse", the other two sides are called 'legs', or 'base' and 'height'.

It means we have two right-angled triangles with

the same length of hypotenuse
the same length for one of the other two legs

Since ∠ LMN and ∠KMN are right angle , the hypotenuse LN and and one leg LN of one right-angled triangle LMN are equal to the corresponding hypotenuse KN and leg MN of another right-angled triangle MKN, hence the two triangles are congruent.

IgorC [24]3 years ago

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<h2>Answer:</h2>

∠LMN is a right angle

<h2>Step-by-step explanation:</h2>

If we want to prove that two right triangles are congruent by knowing that the corresponding hypotenuses and one leg are congruent, we begin as follows:

Since two legs are congruent and we know this by the hash marks, then the triangle ΔLKN is isosceles.
By definition LN ≅ NK

If ∠LMN is a right angle, then MN is the altitude of triangle ΔLKN
Also MN is the bisector of LK, so KM ≅ ML
So we have two right triangles ΔLMN and ΔKM having the same lengths of corresponding sides