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Find BC and explain

Find BC and explain-example-1

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B is the midpoint of IH and C is the midpoint of IJ (you can tell because IB=BH and IC=CJ).

This means that triangles ICB and IHJ is similar, which in turn implies that their correspondent sides are in proportion: IH is twice IB, IJ is twice IC, so HJ must be twice BC.

We deduce that BC=6

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