Q10 of 29 Page 11

Draw a labelled figure showing information in each of the following statements and write the antecedent and the consequent.

i. Two equilateral triangles are similar.


ii. If angles in a linear pair are congruent then each of them is a right angle.


iii. If the altitudes drawn on two sides of a triangle are congruent then those two sides are congruent.

i. Two equilateral triangles are similar.


The conditional form of the above statement is:


If two triangles are equilateral then they are similar.


Antecedent: Two triangles are equilateral.


Consequence: The triangles are similar.



ii. If angles in a linear pair are congruent then each of them is a right angle.


Antecedent: Angles in a linear pair are congruent.


Consequence: Each of the angles is a right angle.



iii. If the altitudes drawn on two sides of a triangle are congruent then those two sides are congruent.


Antecedent: The altitudes drawn on two sides of a triangle are congruent.


Consequence: Those two sides are congruent.



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