A farmer had a triangular piece of land. He put a fence, parallel to one of the sides of the field as shown in the figure.
Based on the above information answer the following questions:
(iii) (a) State whether BDAD=AEEC or not. Give reason
(1)
No, because when in ΔABC, DE ∥ BCADDB=AEEC(Using BPT)⇒1AD/DB=1AE/EC⇒BDAD=ECAEHence, BDAD≠AEEC