Statements
1. Triangle ABC and triangle EDC, C is the
midpoint of line segment BD and line
segment AE.
2. Line segment AC is congruent to CE.
Line segment DC is congruent to BC.
3. <ACB and <DCE are vertical angles
4. <ACB and <DCE are congruent.
5. Triangle ABC and triangle EDC are
congruent.
6. <ABC is congruent to <CDE.
7. Line segment BD is transversal
8. <ABC and <CDE are alternate interior
angles.
9. AB is parallel to DE.
Reason
1. Given
2. Definition of midpoint ( a midpoint divides
line segment into two congruent line
segments).
3. If two lines intersect, vertical angles are
formed that are opposite to each other.
4. Vertical angles are congruent.
5. SAS is congruent to SAS.
6. Corresponding parts of congruent triangles
are congruent.
7. Transversal is a line segment that
intersects two lines at distinct point.
8. If two lines are cut by a transversal,
alternate interior angles are formed that
are on opposite sides of the transversal.
9. If two lines are cut by a transversal form a
pair of alternate interior angles, then the
two lines are parallel.