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Converse of MID-POINT theorem with full solution.
The line drawn through the mid-point of one side of a triangle, parallel to another side, intersects the third side at its mid-point.
• In triangle ABC, D is the mid-point of AB.
• DE || BC and DE intersects AC at point E
E is the mid-point of AC
• Let E not be the mid-point of AC, and let F be the mid-pointof AC.
• Now, in triangle ABC, D is the mid-point of AB and F is the mid-point of AC.
• Therefore, DF || BC ..... (i)
• But DE || BC ..... (ii)
• From (i) and (ii) it is clear that two intersecting lines DE and DF are parallel to BC. But this is in contradiction to parallel line axiom.
• Therefore our supposition that E is not the mid-point of AC is wrong.
• Hence E is the mid-point of AC.
(Figure is in the attachment.)
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step-by-step explanation:
Converse of midpoint theorem :
"If a line segment is drawn passing through the midpoint of any one side of a triangle and parallel to another side, then this line segment bisects the remaining third side.
Proof :
Let ABC be a triangle such that D is the midpoint of the line AB.
Let E be a point on the line AC, such that DE || BC.
If possible, let us assume that E is not the midpoint of the line AC.
Let E' be the midpoint of the line AC.
Let us draw a line DE'.
Now in triangle ABC, DE' is the line joining the midpoints of the lines AB and AC.
Therefore, by Midpoint theorem,
DE' || BC.
But we have DE || BC.
This is a contradiction, as only a unique line can pass through the point D which is parallel to the line BC.
Hence,
E is the midpoint of the line AC, i.e., line DE bisects the side AC.
Hence,
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