SOLUTION: 2 column proof: Ray BE bisects angle DBC

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Question 991959: 2 column proof:
Ray BE bisects angle DBC

Answer by solver91311(24713) About Me  (Show Source):
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Cannot be done with the information given. Consider the following diagram that fits the given information.



The point is that it is possible to construct an angle DBC with a ray BE that does not bisect the angle. Hence it is impossible to prove that it does, in general, bisect the angle.

John

My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it