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Subject: Parallelogram Proofs
Name: Greta
Who are you: Student

Hi. I am having trouble proving that the diagonals of a parallelogram are mutually bisecting.
Could you help me?
Thanks!

Greta,

parallelogram

Maybe I can get you started. I would first show that triangles AEB and ADE are similar. Then
|AB|/|DE| = |AE|/|AE| = 1. Now show that triangles ACB and CDE are similar.

Penny

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