SOLUTION: 2 column proof: Ray BE bisects angle DBC

Question 991959: 2 column proof:
Ray BE bisects angle DBC
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Cannot be done with the information given. Consider the following diagram that fits the given information.

The point is that it is possible to construct an angle DBC with a ray BE that does not bisect the angle. Hence it is impossible to prove that it does, in general, bisect the angle.

John

My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it

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