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E is a point on the side AD produced of a parallelogram ABCD and BE intersects CD at F. Show that △ ABE ~ △ CFB.
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Answer
Parallelogram ABCD is shown in the figure below:
In Δ ABE and Δ CFB,
⇒ ∠BAE = ∠FCB (Opposite angles of a parallelogram are equal)
⇒ ∠AEB = ∠FBC [AE || BC and EB is a transversal, alternate interior angles]
∴ Δ ABE ~ Δ CFB (By A.A. axiom)
Hence, proved that △ ABE ~ △ CFB.
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