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A parallelogram has vertices upper A, upper B, upper C, and upper D. Opposite vertices are connected via diagonal lines that intersect at an interior point labeled upper E. Sides upper A upper D and upper B upper C are much longer than the other sides.

If you were to prove that quadrilateral ABCD is a parallelogram, what would need to be true about EB and ED?

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ED ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ must be a different length than EB.¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯
ED ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ must be a different length than EB.¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯

EB ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ must be half of the length of ED¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯.
EB ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ must be half of the length of ED¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯.

EB ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ must be the same length as ED¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯.
EB ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ must be the same length as ED¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯.

ED ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ must be half of the length of EB¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯.
ED ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ must be half of the length of EB¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯.
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To prove that quadrilateral ABCD is a parallelogram, one of the properties that must hold true is that the diagonals bisect each other. In this case, point E is the intersection of diagonals AC and BD. For quadrilateral ABCD to be a parallelogram, this means that segments EB and ED must be equal in length.

Therefore, the correct response is:

EB must be the same length as ED.