SOLUTION: Given: Triangle BAD is congruent to Triangle CAD AD is perpendicular to BC Prove: Triangle ABC is isosceles I'm not sure I'm doing this correctly, can you please show m

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Question 483224: Given: Triangle BAD is congruent to Triangle CAD
AD is perpendicular to BC

Prove: Triangle ABC is isosceles
I'm not sure I'm doing this correctly, can you please show me what you come up with and your reasoning for it?
Thank you
Answer by cleomenius(959) About Me  (Show Source):
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Triangle BAD is congruent to triangle CAD ; this is given.
BA is congruent to AC; corresponding parts of congruent triangles.
Traingle ABC is isosceles. Two sides are congruent, this is the definition of an isosceles trinagle.
Cleomenius.