Sunday, 30 March 2014

Any counterexample to answer this question on elementary geometry?



Question: See the figure below. If AB=BC and DE=EF, is the line DF parallel to the line AC?



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This should be an elementary problem. But I can't construct a counterexample to disprove the above question. If the answer is negative, please give a counterexample. Thanks.


Answer



Hint:





  • Let DF be a segment analogous to DF such that EDF and DFAC.

  • Then DED and FEF are congruent and so DDFF.



I hope this helps ¨


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