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Need help with a proof! Geometry!

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Explanation:

1. ABCD is a rectangle and Q is the midpoint of CD.

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2. DQ ≅ QC

Since Q is the midpoint of CD, then by definition of midpoint, DQ ≅ QC.

3. AD ≅ BC

In a rectangle, opposite sides are congruent. AD and BC are opposite sides of the rectangle.

4. ∠D ≅ ∠C

The angles of a rectangle are right angles, and right angles are congruent.

5. ΔADQ ≅ ΔBCQ

Since we have two triangles with two pairs of congruent sides and one pair of congruent angles between them, the triangles are congruent by SAS.

6. AQ ≅ BQ

Corresponding parts of congruent triangles are congruent. Since the triangles are congruent, the hypotenuses AQ and BQ are also congruent.

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