All five angles of a pentagon ABCDE are equal. The diagonals AC, AD and BD have the same length. Prove that all five sides of the pentagon are equal in length.
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To prove that all five sides of the pentagon ABCDE are equal in length, we can use the fact that the angles and diagonals are equal.
Let's start by considering triangle ABC. Since all five angles of the pentagon are equal, we know that angle ABC is equal to angle BAC. Hence, triangle ABC is an isosceles triangle.
Since AC is a diagonal, it is equal in length to AD, as given in the problem. Moreover, since triangle ABC is an isosceles triangle, we have that segment AC is congruent to segment BC.
Now, let's consider triangle ABD. We know that the diagonals AC and BD have the same length, which implies that AB is congruent to BD.
So far, we have AC ≅ BC and AB ≅ BD. Now, we can use these congruences to prove that the remaining sides of the pentagon are equal.
Consider triangle ACD. We have AC ≅ AD and angle ACD ≅ angle ADC (since they are vertical angles). By using the Side-Angle-Side (SAS) congruence, we can conclude that triangle ACD is congruent to triangle ADB. Therefore, CD is congruent to DB.
Finally, we have AC ≅ BC, AB ≅ BD, and CD ≅ DB. By the Transitive Property of Congruence, we can combine these congruences to prove that all five sides of the pentagon ABCDE are equal in length:
AC ≅ BC ≅ AB ≅ BD ≅ CD
Hence, we have proven that all five sides of the pentagon ABCDE are equal in length, based on the given information about the equal angles and congruent diagonals.