Find slope of both lines and determine if parallel, perpendicular or neither
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Refer to the image attached.
Given: and
are congruent.
To Prove: ABC is an isosceles triangle.
Construction: Construct a perpendicular bisector from point B to Line segment AC.
Consider triangle ABD and BDC,
(given)
(By the definition of a perpendicular bisector)
(By the definition of a perpendicular bisector)
Therefore, by Angle Side Angle(ASA) Postulate.
Line segment AB is congruent to Line segment BC because corresponding parts of congruent triangles are congruent.(CPCTC)
