Answer:
a. D and E are similar but not congruent.
Step-by-step explanation:
Let's analyse each statement and determine which is true about the 3 given quadrilaterals:
a. "D and E are similar but not congruent." TRUE.
D is similar to E because, every segment of D is proportional to the corresponding segments of E. The ratio of their corresponding segments are equal.
D and E are not congruent because their segments are not of equal length. Thus, they have the same shape but different sizes.
b. "E and F are similar and congruent." NOT TRUE.
E and F has the same size, hence they are congruent. However, they are not similar, because they don't have the same shape. Their corresponding lengths are not proportional.
c. "D and E are similar and congruent." NOT TRUE.
Since statement (a) is TRUE, statement (c) cannot be true.
D and E are similar because they have the same shape and the ratio of their corresponding sides are the same. D and E are not congruent, because they are not of the same size.
d. "F and D are similar but not congruent." NOT TRUE.
F and D has the same size but the ratio of their corresponding sides are not the same.
The first step is to square root both sides to get the exponent out. that actually is the only step :)
