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Given: angle A is congruent to angle C



and



segment B D is drawn such that angle A B D is congruent to angle C B D





Prove: triangle A B C is isosceles

A diagram shows triangle A B C with segment B D.
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Move options to the blanks to complete the proof.

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In triangle A B C, it is given that angle A is congruent to angle C and angle A B D is congruent to angle C B D.


By the reflexive property,
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is congruent to
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. Then, triangle A B D is congruent to triangle C B D by
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.



Therefore,
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is congruent to
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because corresponding parts of congruent triangles are congruent.



By definition, triangle A B C is isosceles.

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Let's fill in the blanks with appropriate answers to complete the proof for triangle ABC being isosceles.

  1. Blank space 4: \( \overline{BD} \)
  2. Blank space 6: \( \overline{BD} \)
  3. Blank space 7: the Side-Angle-Side (SAS) Postulate
  4. Blank space 8: \( \overline{AB} \)
  5. Blank space 9: \( \overline{CB} \)

The completed proof is as follows:

In triangle ABC, it is given that angle A is congruent to angle C and angle ABD is congruent to angle CBD.

By the reflexive property, \( \overline{BD} \) is congruent to \( \overline{BD} \). Then, triangle ABD is congruent to triangle CBD by the Side-Angle-Side (SAS) Postulate.

Therefore, \( \overline{AB} \) is congruent to \( \overline{CB} \) because corresponding parts of congruent triangles are congruent.

By definition, triangle ABC is isosceles.