Question

Help!!! As an answer to a test, Monica sees the figure below and determines that IR is parallel to AE. Monica’s teacher counted it as incorrect. Determine the error in Monica’s reasoning.

Answer 1

there are no marks indicating that IR is parallel to AE

Answer 2

Point 'I' hasn't been shown to be the mid point of AN.

Explanation:

For IR to be parallel to side AE in the figure, the point I and R should be the mid points of lines AN and NE respectively, but only R has been shown to be the mid point of line NE by adding those two dashes on lines NR and RE, which means that NR and RE are equal, hence R should be the mid point of NE, whereas, Monica doesn't show that I is the mid point of AN in the same way that she has shown for R by adding dashes, hence it is an error in her reasoning that point 'I' hasn't been shown to be the mid point of AN.