An Isosceles
Triangle Theorem 
ABE is an Isosceles triangle. D lies on AB and C lies on BE extended
so that AD = CE. We illustrate the fact that DF = FC:
An interesting question is this: what is the ratio of the lengths AF:FE
in terms of BD and DA. We can investigate this by setting a couple of
values for these quantities and inspecting the output.
First we set BD to 3, and DA to 2:
Now we inspect AF and FE and examine their ratio:
3:2 input ratio leads to 7/3 output ratio. How about a 3:1 input ratio:
Can you come up with a formula? Try some more different inputs.
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