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how do we prove that the diagonals of a parallelogram bisect eachother? thanks~!

rockerkidd

by rockerkidd at October 04, 2010

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Draw parallelogram ABCD so sides AB // CD; AC // BD; and diagonals AD and BC intersect at point O. Then side AB = side CD since opposites sides of a parallelogram are equal. Angle DCO = Angle ABO since alternate interior angles formed by the transversal BC intersecting the parallel lines AB and CD are equal Angle CDO = Angle BAO since alternate interior angles formed by the transversal BC intersecting the parallel lines AB and CD are equal Triangles ABO and CDO are congruent by Angle Side Angle CO=OB and AO =OD because sides opposite equal angles of congruent triangles are equal. CB bisects AD and AD bisects CB by definition of bisection. 

James843 James843 October 05, 2010

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