Proof of the concurrency of the prependicular bisectors of a triangle



Let the perpendicular bisectors of AB and BD meet at C.
Construct a line segment from C to AD such that CM is perpendicular to AD.

Triangles APC and BPC are congruent (SAS) hence AC = BC, also
triangles BNC and DNC are congruent (SAS) hence BC = DC, and
hence AC = DC.

Therefore we can show that triangle AMC and DMC are congruent (RHS) and hence AM = MD showing that line MC is the perpendicular bisector of side AD.

From the discussion it is clear that AC = BC = DC and hence any circle with C as center and passing through one of the vertices will pass thrtough all of them.



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