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Question
If two legs of a right triangle are equal to two legs of another right triangle, then the right triangles are congruent.
Options
True
False
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Solution
This statement is True.
Explanation:
If two legs of a right-angled triangle are equal to two legs of another right-angled triangle, then their third leg will also be equal.
Hence, they will have the same shape and same size.
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