document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=576401>Question 576401</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> how do you do 2 column geometry proofs ? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "In column 1, write what you are given.  In column 2, state the reason for the statement in column 1 as \"Given\"\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "In column 1, write some statement that follows from the givens.  In column 2, states the reason for the new statement by identifying the applicable Postulate, Definition, or Theorem.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Continue writing new statements and supporting them with either Postulate, Definition, Theorem, or Given until you are able to state what it is you started out to prove in the first place.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Never assume ANYTHING.  You have to be able to conclusively prove EVERY statement you make.  Some teachers are more rigorous than others.  For example, in some Geometry classes you can use the ideas of congruence of angles and the equality of angle measures interchangeably.  Other teachers/instructors/professors will require that knowing two angles are congruent is insufficient to be able to use the equality of their measures without the intermediate step of saying that the measures are equal because of the definition of congruence.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "\"But how do I know what statements to make?\"  Use your imagination and logic to derive a strategy based on everything you have learned previously, then follow your strategy step by step.  Every proof is different, so there is no generic answer to \"How do I do proofs.\"  Sorry about that, but the whole purpose of studying Geometry is to teach you how to creatively solve problems based solely on what you already know and extend that to what you are trying to find out.  The only way to be successful is to practice the art and spend a good deal of time at it.  Enjoy.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "John<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE e^{i\pi} + 1 = 0\"><BR>\n" );
document.write( "My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it<BR>\n" );
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