Geometry

The answer is B. .

 

1. Recall the relevant concepts:

A line segment is denoted by using an over - bar above the two endpoints of the segment. For example, a segment with endpoints  and  is written as .

 

The symbol  is used to indicate that two geometric figures are congruent. In the case of line segments, two segments are congruent if they have the same length.

 

The equal sign  is used for equality of numerical values (such as lengths of segments), not for the congruence of geometric figures. When we write  (without the over - bar), it represents the length of the segment .

 

2. Analyze each option:

A: Here,  and  without the over - bar represent the lengths of the segments  and  respectively. We use the congruence symbol