SOLUTION: if triangle LMN is isosceles and T is the midpoint on LN, what postulate can be used to prove triangle MLT= triangle MNT

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Question 1101660: if triangle LMN is isosceles and T is the midpoint on LN, what postulate can be used to prove triangle MLT= triangle MNT
Found 2 solutions by ikleyn, greenestamps:
Answer by ikleyn(52788) About Me  (Show Source):
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if triangle LMN is isosceles and T is the midpoint on LN, what postulate can be used to prove triangle MLT= triangle MNT
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Poorly formulated text.

It is not a formulation of a Math problem.



Answer by greenestamps(13200) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Technically, you need to specify, in the statement of the problem, that LN is the base, so that LM and MN are the two congruent sides.

Then, since T is the midpoint of LN, segments LT and NT are congruent.
And of course segment MT is congruent to itself.

So then you can prove the triangles congruent using SSS.