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To prove that last board cut has the same measure as first.
Answer to Problem 2CYP
The proof is as follows.
Explanation of Solution
Given information:
Let the first board be
According to question, every board is congruent to each other.
So, according to congruency of segment postulate,
A segment is said to be congruent if having a same length.
So,
According to transitive property,
Hence, the last board has same length as first board.
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