SOLUTION: Given: BC=DE Prove:AB+DE=AC

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Question 989644: Given: BC=DE
Prove:AB+DE=AC

Answer by farohw(175)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

If BC = DE (given) then by the segment addition postulate AB + BC = AC. Therefore, it follows that AB + DE = AC by substitution.

*Essentially you are replacing BC with DE in the postulate.


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