Earlier, we learned that if we apply a sequence of rigid transformations to a figure, then corresponding sides have equal length and corresponding angles have equal measure. These facts let us figure out things without having to measure them!

Because points $A$ and $C$ are on the line of reflection, they do not move. So the image of triangle $ABC$ is $AB'C$. We also know that:

• Angle $B'AC$ measures $36^\circ$ because it is the image of angle $BAC$.
• Segment $AB'$ has the same length as segment $AB$.

When we construct figures using copies of a figure made with rigid transformations, we know that the measures of the images of segments and angles will be equal to the measures of the original segments and angles.