Reflexive Property of Congruence: Definition & Examples
Reflexive Property of Congruence
The reflexive property of congruence states that any geometric figure is congruent to itself.
Congruence means the figure has the same size and shape. If you were comparing something to itself, then it would most definitely have the same size and shape. Geometric figures, line segments, angles, and geometric shapes can all show congruence. If a line segment has the same length, the line segments would be congruent. If an angle has the same angle measure, the angles would be congruent. If we had a triangle with the same side lengths and angle measures, the triangles would be congruent.
The reflexive property of congruence shows that any geometric figure is congruent to itself. A line segment has the same length, an angle has the same angle measure, and a geometric figure has the same shape and size as itself. The figures can be thought of as being a reflection of itself.
The symbol for congruence is :