证明:∵AB=AC,D为BC的中点,
∴AD⊥BC,∠B=∠C,∠BAD=∠CAD,
又∵∠MDN=∠B,
∴△ADE∽△ABD,
同理可得:△ADE∽△ACD,
∵∠MDN=∠C=∠B,
∠B+∠BAD=90°,∠ADE+∠EDC=90°,
∠B=∠MDN,
∴∠BAD=∠EDC,
∵∠B=∠C,
∴△ABD∽△DCE,
∴△ADE∽△DCE,
(2)△BDF∽△CED∽△DEF,
证明:∵∠B+∠BDF+∠BFD=180°
∠EDF+∠BDF+∠CDE=180°,
又∵∠EDF=∠B,∴∠BFD=∠CDE,
由AB=AC,得∠B=∠C,
∴△BDF∽△CED,
∴ .
∵BD=CD,
∴ .
又∵∠C=∠EDF,
∴△BDF∽△CED∽△DEF.
(3)连接AD,过D点作DG⊥EF,DH⊥BF,垂足分别为G,H.
∵AB=AC,D是BC的中点,
∴AD⊥BC,BD= BC=6.
在Rt△ABD中,AD2=AB2﹣BD2,
∴AD=8
∴S△ABC= BCAD= ×12×8=48.
S△DEF= S△ABC= ×48=12.
又∵ ADBD= AB.DH,
∴DH= = = ,
∵△BDF∽△DEF,
∴∠DFB=∠EFD
∵DG⊥EF,DH⊥BF,
∴DH=DG= .
∵S△DEF= ×EF×DG=12,
∴EF= =5.