The symmetric property of congruence states that if a quantity, say, A is congruent to a quantity, say B, then, the quantity B is congruent to the quantity A.
Mathematically, this statement of the symmetric property of congruence can be written as:
If , then
.
Applying this symmetric property of congruence to the question that we are given, we see that only Option D fulfills the conditions of the definition of the property of congruence as Option D clearly states that:
If , then
which is the exact statement of the symmetric property of congruence when applied to triangles.
Thus, Option D is the correct option.