% fig-i-5.tex — I.5: pons asinorum (base angles of an isoceles triangle). \begin{figure}[H] \centering \begin{tikzpicture}[scale=1.0, line cap=round] \coordinate (A) at (0, 3); \coordinate (B) at (-1.5, 0); \coordinate (C) at (1.5, 0); % Equal sides AB and AC, extended to F and G. \coordinate (F) at ($(A)!2.0!(B)$); \coordinate (G) at ($(A)!2.0!(C)$); \draw[thin] (A) -- (F); \draw[thin] (A) -- (G); \draw[very thick] (B) -- (C); % Points D on BF, E on CG with BD = CE. \coordinate (D) at ($(B)!0.5!(F)$); \coordinate (E) at ($(C)!0.5!(G)$); \draw[very thick, dashed] (B) -- (E); \draw[very thick, dashed] (C) -- (D); % Labels. \node[above] at (A) {$A$}; \node[left] at (B) {$B$}; \node[right] at (C) {$C$}; \node[below left] at (D) {$D$}; \node[below right] at (E) {$E$}; \node[below left] at (F) {$F$}; \node[below right] at (G) {$G$}; \end{tikzpicture} \caption{Proposition I.5. With $AB = AC$ and $BD = CE$ on the extensions, triangles $ABE$ and $ACD$ are congruent (SAS, by I.4), whence the base angles $\angle ABC = \angle ACB$.} \label{fig:I.5} \end{figure}