AD is a altitude of an isosceles triangle ABC in which AB = AC show that ? AD bisect BC
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Let ABC is isosceles triangle with sides AB=AC
and AD Is altitude.
now
in triangles, ADB and ADC we have
AB=AC (given)
angle ADB=ADC=90
AD=AD (common side)
by RHS congruency criteria
triangle ADB and ADC are congruent.
so, BD = CD(sides of congruent triangles)
Hence
AD bisects BC
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