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AB ≅ BC and AD ≅ CD
Triangles A B C and A D C share side A C. Line X is drawn from point B to point B to form 4 triangles.
What additional information would make it immediately possible to prove that triangles AXB and CXB are congruent using the HL theorem?
What additional information would make it immediately possible to prove that triangles AXD and CXD are congruent using the SSS congruence theorem?
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1) HL for triangles AXB and CXB:
- Add: BX ⟂ AC (i.e. X is the foot of the perpendicular from B to AC).
- Reason: then ∠AXB and ∠CXB are right, AB ≅ CB (given) are the hypotenuses, and BX is the common leg — so by HL the two right triangles are congruent.
2) SSS for triangles AXD and CXD:
- Add: AX ≅ CX (equivalently, X is the midpoint of AC).
- Reason: then AX = CX, AD = CD (given), and XD is common, so the three pairs of sides are equal and SSS gives congruence.
- Add: BX ⟂ AC (i.e. X is the foot of the perpendicular from B to AC).
- Reason: then ∠AXB and ∠CXB are right, AB ≅ CB (given) are the hypotenuses, and BX is the common leg — so by HL the two right triangles are congruent.
2) SSS for triangles AXD and CXD:
- Add: AX ≅ CX (equivalently, X is the midpoint of AC).
- Reason: then AX = CX, AD = CD (given), and XD is common, so the three pairs of sides are equal and SSS gives congruence.
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