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  1. vocabulary why is a rigid motion also called a congruence transformation? enter your answer.

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A rigid motion preserves the size and shape of a figure. Congruent figures have the same size and shape. Since a rigid - motion maps a figure to a congruent figure, it is called a congruence transformation.

Answer:

A rigid motion preserves the size and shape of a figure. Since congruent figures have the same size and shape, a rigid motion, which maps a figure to a figure with the same size and shape, is called a congruence transformation.