SOLUTION: if AC=DB and AC and DB bisect each other at E, then AE=EB

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Question 356581: if AC=DB and AC and DB bisect each other at E, then AE=EB
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Let x = ac = db. Since ac and db bisect each other at e, then e is the midpoint both of ac and db. Hence each of ae and eb will have length equal to x/2, and thus ac = db.