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Problem 566: Quadrilateral, Diagonals, Parallel.
Level: High School, College, Math Education.
The drawing shows a quadrilateral ABCD with BE parallel to CD (E
on diagonal AC) and CF parallel to AB (F on diagonal BD). Prove
that EF is parallel to AD.
Geometry problem solving
Geometry problem solving is one of the most challenging skills for students to learn. When a
problem requires auxiliary construction, the difficulty of the problem increases drastically, perhaps because deciding which construction to make is an ill-structured problem. By “construction,” we mean adding geometric figures (points, lines, planes) to a problem figure that wasn’t mentioned as "given."
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