Figure 3 shows an isosceles triangle ABC with sides AB and AC of equal length.
The segment AD is the bisector of the angle BAC opposite to the base BC.
We need to prove that CD is the median of the triangle ABC.
Since AD is a bisector of the angle BAC, the angles BAD and CAD are congruent.
Thus, the triangles ADB and ADC have the pair of congruent sides AB = AC, the common
side AD and the congruent included angles BAD and CAD.
Hence, these triangles are congruent, in accordance to the postulate P1 (SAS) of the triangle
congruency (see the lesson Congruence tests for triangles under the current topic in this site).
It implies that the segments BD and CD are congruent.
This means that the bisector of the angle ACB is the median.
Thus, the statement is proved.
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