You are trying to find the distance AB between two points on either side of a river. You
measure the following distance:

Answer:32ft
Step-by-step explanation: I missed this as well, ED and AB are the same and if you don’t read you skip over the fact ED equals 32ft. Since ED and AB equal eachother it would be 32ft
The value of AB = 32 feet
Congruent shapes are shapes that are exactly the same. The corresponding sides are the same and the corresponding angles are the same.
Given:
EC= 32 ft = BC
DC= 28 ft =AC
<ECD= <BCA
So, In ΔECD and ΔBCA
EC = BC
DC= AC
<ECD= <BCA
Thus, by SAS ΔECD ≅ ΔBCA
Hence, by CPCT : ED= BA = 32 ft.
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