Assume BC is not congruent to DC.
1. AB ≅ AD | given
2. ∠BAC ≅ ∠DAC | given
3. AC ≅ AC | reflexive property of equality
4. △BAC ≅ △DAC | Side-angle-side (SAS)
5. BC ≅ DC | Corresponding parts of congruent triangles. (CPCT)
6. BC ≅ DC | 5 contradicts the assumption that BC is not congruent to DC.
Notice: the theorem was not proved at step 5, because 5 was deduced under the
assumption BC is not congruent to DC. The theorem was not proved there. It was
only proved by the statement 6 that the assumption leads to a contradiction.
Edwin