Prove the converse of mid-point theorem.

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The converse of mid-point theorem: It states that in a triangle, line drawn from the mid-point of the one side of a triangle, parallel to the other side intersects the third side at its mid-point.
Given: $A B C$ is a triangle and $D$ is the mid-point of $A B .$
from $D$ a line $D E$ is drawn parallel to $B C,$ intersect $A C$ at $E .$
To prove: $E$ is the mid-point of $A C .$
Construction: Extend $D E .$ From $C$ draw a line $C F$ parallel to $B A,$ which intersect produced $D E$ at $F .$
Proof: Since $B D$ is parallel to $C F$ (by the construction)
and $D F$ is parallel to $B C$ (given)
So, $B D F C$ is a parallelogram.
$B D = C F$ [opposite sides of the parallelogram are equal]
$A D = B D$ [ $D$ is the mid-point of $A B$ ]
$A D = C F \dots \dots (i)$
In the triangle $A E D$ and $C E F,$ we have
$∠ A E D = ∠ C E F$ [Vertically opposite angles]
$∠ A D E = ∠ E F C$ [As $A B ∥ C F$ ]
$A D = C F$ [from $e q . (i)$ ]
$∴ △ A E D ≅ △ C E F$ [ by the AAS congruency rule]
$A E = E C$ [CPCT]
$i . e .$ $E$ is the mid-point of $A C .$

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