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The points (a,b) and (c,d) form a segment, and the points (d,e) and (d,f) form a segment. Create an equation assuming the segments are congruent

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If the segments are congurent they are of equal length.

So constructing an equation will not be hard.

Take for example
y=x and limit x to be between and including 0 and 1 for the first segment. In this case our segment is
(a,b)\to(c,d)=(0,0)\to(1,1).

Now, d has been fixated to the value of 1 and we need to construct a segment from
(1,e)\to(1,f).

Since both x coordinates of the endpoints of the segment are fixed to be 1, we cannot run anymore, that is, we fixated our run. But on the rise (y-axis direction) we can still move one unit up.

Let e be 1 and f be 2. The distance between
(1,1) and
(1,2) is 1 which is also the distance between
(0,0) and
(1,1).

Now we are asked to find the equation of both segments.

First segment is described by
y=x with limited domain of
0\leq x\leq1.

Second segment is described by
x=2 with again limited domain of
1\leq y\leq2.

Hope this helps :)

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