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Jeff
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Jeff asked in Science & MathematicsMathematics · 1 decade ago

PROVE TRIANGLE ABC IS EQUILATERAL?

GIVEN:

POINTS D,E,F ON SIDES AB, BC, AC, RESPECTIVELY, OF Δ ABC

DB=EC=AF

Δ DEF IS EQUILATERAL

PROVE:

Δ ABC IS EQUILATERAL

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  • 1 decade ago
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    Notice at also AD=BE=CF.

    You can now show that the 3 little triangles on the outside are congruent via side-angle-side, then will see that they all have the same length side as one of the sides of the equilateral triangle inside.

  • 4 years ago

    for triangle fbd facebook = bd --------------------Given so, fbd is isosceles ------- 2 factors are equivalent. attitude bfd = attitude bdf ---- Base attitude of isosceles attitude bfd = attitude bdf = 60 ---------- one hundred eighty - attitude b= one hundred twenty triangle fbd = equiangular ----------- 3 angles are equivalent triangle fbd = equilateral and fd = a million/2 of a leg of abc For triangles afe and edc, you're able to do an identical and are available up that ef and de are equivalent to a million/2 of a leg of abc. so, triangle def is equilateral.

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