coordinate geometry proof (rectangle)

jj_mathal

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Screenshot (214).pngI'm not sure where to start or how to use coordinate geometry to prove that AMD is isosceles.
 
I see no reason to transfer this drawing to the coordinate plane. Just use geometry.

If M is the midpoint of BC, then what do you know about the lengths of BM and MC?

Since ABCD is a rectangle, what do you know about the lengths of BA and CD?

What do you know about the measures of the angles at B and C?

What then can you say about the lengths of AM and DM?

So what sort of triangle must AMD be?
 
View attachment 34583I'm not sure where to start or how to use coordinate geometry to prove that AMD is isosceles.
Alternatively,
given the start provided by @stapel,

If M is the midpoint of BC, then what do you know about the lengths of BM and MC?

Since ABCD is a rectangle, what do you know about the lengths of BA and CD?
Now you have those facts you could use Pythagoras' Theorem to deduce something (equally important) about MA & MD, hence....
 
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