Thread: This Proof Is Driven Me Insane

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ok its really hard, also remember it doesnt say (so u cant asume) that any of the lines are perpandicular.

U need to Prove that triangle ABC is congruent to triangle CDE please help

Originally Posted by AcidMan

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ok its really hard, also remember it doesnt say (so u cant asume) that any of the lines are perpandicular.

U need to Prove that triangle ABC is congruent to triangle CDE please help

Angles ABE and EDA are equal. (Given.)

Angles ACB and ECD are equal. (Vertical angles are equal.)

Thus angles BAC and DEC are equal. (The sum of all the interior angles of a triangle is 180 degrees, so if two pairs of angles are the same in two triangles, so is the third pair.)

Now, angles DAE and BEA are equal. (Given)

Thus angles BAE and DEA are equal. (Equals plus equals are equal.)

So in triangles ABE and EDA we have that angles ABE and EDA are equal, angles BAE and DEA are equal, and angles BEA and DAE are equal.

Thus the triangles ABE and EDA are similar.

Oops! Not done yet.

We also have that side AE is equal to side EA. Since we have corresponding sides of similar triangles equal the two triangles ABE and EDA are congruent.

-Dan

Originally Posted by topsquark

Angles ABE and EDA are equal. (Given.)

Angles ACB and ECD are equal. (Vertical angles are equal.)

Thus angles BAC and DEC are equal. (The sum of all the interior angles of a triangle is 180 degrees, so if two pairs of angles are the same in two triangles, so is the third pair.)

Now, angles DAE and BEA are equal. (Given)

Thus angles BAE and DEA are equal. (Equals plus equals are equal.)

So in triangles ABE and EDA we have that angles ABE and EDA are equal, angles BAE and DEA are equal, and angles BEA and DAE are equal.

Thus the triangles ABE and EDA are similar.

Oops! Not done yet.

We also have that side AE is equal to side EA. Since we have corresponding sides of similar triangles equal the two triangles ABE and EDA are congruent.

-Dan

I only need to prove triangle ABC and triangle EDC were congruent but that works too haha thanks