document.write( "Question 799756: Can someone please help. Here is the problem:\r
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document.write( "ab is congruent to ae (given)
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document.write( "bc is congruent to de (given\r
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document.write( "Prove angle 1 is congruent to angle 2\r
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document.write( "I know this isn't a great way to show the triangle, but angle 1 is with C and angle 2 is with D. Please help!\r
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document.write( "Angle A is at the top and the triangle is separated into 3 triangles with a line at C and a line at D\r
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Algebra.Com's Answer #482792 by solver91311(24713)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! \r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "AB congruent AE : Given\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Triangle BAE is isosceles : Defn Isosceles\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Angle ABE congruent Angle AEB : Angles opposite equal sides in an isosceles triangle are equal -- Euclid, Book 1, Proposition 5\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "BC congruent DE : Given\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Triangle ABC congruent Triangle AED : SAS\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Angle 1 (that is Angle ACB) congruent Angle 2 (Angle ADE) : CPCT\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Q.E.D.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "John \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "Egw to Beta kai to Sigma \n" ); document.write( "My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |