ABCD is a trapezium in which AB || DC and its diagonals intersect each other at the point O. Show that
The figure is given below:
Construct a line EF through point O, such that EF is parallel to CD.
In ΔADC, EO is parallel to CD
Now, using basic proportionality theorem, we obtain
AE/ED = AO/OC (i)
In ΔABD, OE is parallel to AB
So, using basic proportionality theorem, we get
ED/AE = OD/BO
AE/ED = BO/OD (ii)
From (i) and (ii), we get
Therefore,