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Drawing Conclusions: Geometry

Could a conclusion be that DEA, AEB, BEC, and CED are all congruent?

Could it also be that DE and BE are congruent and AE and CE are congruent?

Drawing Conclusions: Geometry Could a conclusion be that DEA, AEB, BEC, and CED are-example-1
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AE and EC are congruent because it's given that E is the midpoint of AC. However, DE and EB cannot be congruent because it does not state that point E is the midpoint of DB.

You cannot assume that all the triangles DEA, AEB, BEC, and CED are all congruent just from being given that E is the midpoint of AC. You would need to be given other information such as "Quadrilateral ABCD is a parallelogram. "
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