Congruent Triangles Maths Tuition: Solution

Solution:

BS=BE+ES=ST+ES=ET

$\angle DES=\angle ESA=90^\circ$

BA=DT (given)

Thus, $\triangle ASB$ is congruent to $\triangle DET$ (RHS)

Hence $\angle DTE=\angle SBA$

Thus DT//BA (alt. angles)

(Proved)

By Pythagoras’ Theorem, we have

$\begin{array}{rcl}DB&=&\sqrt{DE^2+BE^2}\\ &=&\sqrt{SA^2+ST^2}\\ &=&TA \end{array}$

Hence $\triangle DEB$ and $\triangle AST$ are congruent (SSS).

Hence $\angle DBE=\angle STA$

Thus DB//TA (alt. angles)

Therefore, ABDT is a parallelogram since it has two pairs of parallel sides.

(shown)

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