Then/Now You identified isosceles and equilateral triangles. Use properties of isosceles triangles. Use properties of equilateral triangles.

Vocabulary legs of an isosceles triangle vertex angle base angles

Concept

Example 1 Congruent Segments and Angles A. Name two unmarked congruent angles. Answer:  BCA and  A  BCA is opposite BA and  A is opposite BC, so  BCA   A. ___

Example 1 Congruent Segments and Angles B. Name two unmarked congruent segments. Answer: BC  BD ___ BC is opposite  D and BD is opposite  BCD, so BC  BD. ___

Concept

Since QP = QR, QP  QR. By the Isosceles Triangle Theorem, base angles P and R are congruent, so m  P = m  R. Use the Triangle Sum Theorem to write and solve an equation to find m  R. Example 2 Find Missing Measures A. Find m  R. Triangle Sum Theorem m  Q = 60, m  P = m  R Simplify. Subtract 60 from each side. Divide each side by 2. Answer: m  R = 60

Example 2a A.30° B.45° C.60° D.65° A. Find m  T.

Example 2b A.1.5 B.3.5 C.4 D.7 B. Find TS.

Example 3 A.x = 20, y = 8 B.x = 20, y = 7 C.x = 30, y = 8 D.x = 30, y = 7 Find the value of each variable.