This question comes from Hartshorne's Geometry: Euclid and Beyond, exercise $3.7$.
$3.7$ Given $\triangle ABC$, let $\overline{DE}$ be a line parallel to the base $\overline{BC}$, let $F$ be the midpoint of $\overline{DE}$, and let $\overline{AF}$ meet $\overline{BC}$ at $G$. Prove that $G$ is the midpoint of $\overline{BC}$.
There is a hint in the book that says
Hint: Draw some extra lines to make parallelograms, and use (I.$43$).)
In case anyone is wondering I.$43$ says
In any parallelogram the complements of the parallelograms about the diameter equal one another.
There are a few proofs of this online, but I am trying to prove it using only the propositions in Euclid's Elements Book I, II, and III. This is what I currently have of my proof but I can't seem to finish it off. I feel like this is the right direction. The goal of the proof is to make parallelograms and leverage their properties to prove the exercise.
- Given that $\overline{AG}$ bisects $\overline{DE}$ at point $F$, $\overline{DF} = \overline{FE}$.
- The alt-int-angles and ex-int-angles of $\overline{AG}$ are equal.
- Move $\overline{FG}$ to $B$ and $C$ such that the segments are parallel to $\overline{AG}$.
Here is what I have written up in tikz so far: