Explanation Given: Stan pulls the bill of his cap down untill it just obscures his vision to opposite bank. He turns around with same vision and marked a spot. Approach: ASA(Angle Side Angle) Congruency: If two angles and an included side of two triangles are congruent then two triangles are congruent. And corresponding parts of congruent triangle are congruent. Calculation: From the figure of the given scenario we can see that Δ A B D ≅ Δ C B D by ASA congruency As, B D ¯ ≅ B D

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