Detour Proofs In some proofs it

is necessary to prove more than one pair of triangles congruent

We call these proofs Detour Proofs

Detour Proofs Procedure for Detour Proofs

Determine which triangles you must prove congruent to reach the desired conclusion

Attempt to prove those triangles congruent – if you cannot due to a lack of information – it’s time to take a detour…

Find a different pair of triangles congruent based on the given information

Get something congruent by CPCTC Use the CPCTC step to now prove the triangles you

wanted congruent

Detour Proofs To summarize:

In detour proofs we prove one pair of triangles congruent, get something by CPCTC, and use that to prove what we were asked to prove in the first place