document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=841414>Question 841414</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I am so confused on proofs. This is the information given minus the picture. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Triagle QSU is isosceles w/ base QU. Line segment RQ is congruent to line segment TU. Angle RQS is congruent to angle TUS. Prove S is the midpoint of line segment RT. </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #506916 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=richard1234><B>richard1234(7193)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=richard1234><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=richard1234><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=506916\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> If you are trying to explain a diagram in words, you have to make sure that the reader knows exactly what you are saying and that the diagram isn't open to multiple interpretations. For example, with what you wrote, I was able to draw the diagram such that S is not on RT:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "What you should've said is that S is on RT. Assuming so, then triangles RQS and TUS are congruent by a SAS argument. Then RS = ST, and since S is on RT, S is the midpoint of RT. </SPAN>\n" );
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