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Given: AD ≅ BC, AB ≅ CD and CE ≅ BE. Prove: △FBE≅△DCE. Step 1, statement AD = BC, AB = CD, CE = BE, Reason: Given. what are the other steps, statements, and reasons to this question?
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I need the diagram or the definition of point F to give a correct step-by-step proof — your statement list only names A, B, C, D, E and the givens, but never says where F is. Could you say where F lies (on which line/segment or how it is defined)?
A common intended interpretation is that F is the point symmetric to D about E (i.e. E is the midpoint of DF). If that is the case, here is a short stepwise proof (statements with reasons) that △FBE ≅ △DCE.
1. AD = BC, AB = CD, CE = BE. — Given.
2. E is the midpoint of BC. — From CE = BE (definition of midpoint).
3. E is the midpoint of DF. — (Definition of F as the reflection of D across E; equivalently: F is chosen so that EF = ED and E lies on DF.)
4. EF = ED. — From 3 (definition of midpoint/reflection).
5. BE and CE are collinear and opposite rays. — From 2 (B, E, C are collinear and E is between B and C).
6. EF and ED are collinear and opposite rays. — From 3 (E is between D and F).
7. ∠BEF = ∠CED. — Multiplying both vectors in each angle by −1 does not change the angle, so the angle formed by BE with EF equals the angle formed by CE with ED (step 5 and 6).
8. △FBE ≅ △DCE by SAS (BE = CE from 1, EF = ED from 4, and included angles ∠BEF = ∠CED from 7). — SAS congruence.
If F is defined differently in your problem, send that definition or the picture and I will give the correct sequence of statements and reasons for that case.
A common intended interpretation is that F is the point symmetric to D about E (i.e. E is the midpoint of DF). If that is the case, here is a short stepwise proof (statements with reasons) that △FBE ≅ △DCE.
1. AD = BC, AB = CD, CE = BE. — Given.
2. E is the midpoint of BC. — From CE = BE (definition of midpoint).
3. E is the midpoint of DF. — (Definition of F as the reflection of D across E; equivalently: F is chosen so that EF = ED and E lies on DF.)
4. EF = ED. — From 3 (definition of midpoint/reflection).
5. BE and CE are collinear and opposite rays. — From 2 (B, E, C are collinear and E is between B and C).
6. EF and ED are collinear and opposite rays. — From 3 (E is between D and F).
7. ∠BEF = ∠CED. — Multiplying both vectors in each angle by −1 does not change the angle, so the angle formed by BE with EF equals the angle formed by CE with ED (step 5 and 6).
8. △FBE ≅ △DCE by SAS (BE = CE from 1, EF = ED from 4, and included angles ∠BEF = ∠CED from 7). — SAS congruence.
If F is defined differently in your problem, send that definition or the picture and I will give the correct sequence of statements and reasons for that case.
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