Question

Read the proof. Statement Reason 1. given Given: AE1 EC; BD 1 DC 1. AEI EC;BD IDC Prove: AAEC - ABDC A 2. ZAEC is a rt. 2; ZBDC 2. definition of is a rt. 2 perpendicular 3. ZAEC • ZBDC 3. all right angles are congruent 4. ? 4. reflexive property 5. AAEC - ABDC 5. AA similarity theorem. What is the missing statement in step 4? B D O ZACE = ZBCD O ZEAB DBC O ZEAC LEAC O ZCBD ZDBC

Answer 1

Looking at the reason, we have "reflexive property".

This property indicates that something is equal to itself.

So looking at the options, the only option that shows a case of reflexive property is the third one: ∠EAC = ∠EAC