Use the drawing provided to explain the following theorem.“The three angle bisectors of the angles of a triangle are concurrent.”Given: , , and are the angle bisectors of the angles of Prove: , , and are concurrent at point Z

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Let point Z name the point of intersection of the angle bisectors and . Because bisects , every point on (including Z) is equidistant from the sides of .

With and , it follows that . With respect to , also note

that . Because Z lies on angle bisector , we also have . By the Transitive Property of Congruence, . With point Z being equidistant from the sides of , Z must also lie on angle bisector . Thus, , , and are concurrent at point Z.


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