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Congruence & transformations

Problem

Jerome was curious if ABC was congruent to FED, so he tried to map one triangle onto the other using transformations:
Jerome concluded:
"It's not possible to map ABC onto FED using a sequence of rigid transformations, so the triangles are not congruent."
What error did Jerome make in his conclusion?
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