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In the following diagram it is given that dec,ab || dc, ad || eb, and ad is congruent to bc. a)why isn't abc a parallelogram even though it has a pair of parallel sides and a pair of congruent sides b)explain why be must be congruent to bc. further explain what type of triangle this makes triangle abc and what it tells you about angle 1 and angle 2c) finally why must angle 3 be congruent to angle 1? further, explain why we know that angle 3 is congruent to angle 2

Two years ago a man was six times as old as his daughter. in 18 years he will be twice as old as his daughter. determine their present ages.

In september, louise planted a tree. every month, the tree louise planted grew 2 inches. what would the constant of proportionality of the line be?