When two triangles having one side equal in length are joined in such a way that the equal sides overlap each other, then which of the following shape will be formed ?

Quadrilateral

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Pentagon

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Hexagon

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Triangle

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Solution

The correct option is A Quadrilateral
When two triangles having one side equal are joined by overlapping their equal side, it forms a quadrilateral.

Let us see by figure,

Let side $A C & D E$ are equal, on overlapping both the sides, we will get:
Above obtained shape is quadrilateral because it have 4 sides.

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