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Question 159405: please really need help with this problem dont understand it.my teacher said that this can be applied to a right triangle but still dont understand it
given:line ab perpendicular to line bc and d is between A and c
prove: angle abd is complementary to angle cbd

Answer by edjones(8007) About Me  (Show Source):
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Draw the triangle and you will see that there is a right triangle abc. b is the right angle. ac is the hypotenuse. d is the midpoint of the hypotenuse. A line drawn from d to b bisects the 90 degree angle so that abd and cbd are both 45 degrees and thus complimentary.
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Ed