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ABCD is a parallelogram. The circle through A, B and C intersect CD(produced if necessary) at E. Prove that AE, = AD.



Answer -

Here, ABCE is a cyclicquadrilateral. In a cyclic quadrilateral, the sum of the opposite angles is180°.

So, ∠AEC+∠CBA = 180°

As ∠AEC and ∠AED are linear pair,

∠AEC+∠AED = 180°

Or, ∠AED = ∠CBA … (1)

We know in aparallelogram; opposite angles are equal.

So, ∠ADE = ∠CBA … (2)

Now, from equations(1) and (2) we get,

∠AED = ∠ADE

Now, AD and AE areangles opposite to equal sides of a triangle,

∴ AD = AE (proved).

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