The diagram shows triangle ABC and parallelogram BDEF. FE bisects angle DEC and angle FEC = .

- (a)
Find angle ECF in terms of x.
Give a reason for each step of your answer.
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- (b)
Show that triangle AED is similar to triangle ECF.
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- (c)
State another triangle that is similar to AED and ECF.
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25(a)
1. Find angle DEC using the angle bisector FE.
Since bisects and ,
2. Use parallel lines to relate angle DEC to angle ECF.
In parallelogram , . Since are collinear, .
Therefore,
because they are alternate interior angles.
25(b)
1. Identify one pair of equal corresponding angles using parallel lines.
In parallelogram , .
Since are collinear, .
Also, are collinear, so is the same straight line as .
Hence
corresponding angles, since .
2. Identify a second pair of equal corresponding angles using parallel lines and the result from part (a).
In parallelogram , .
Since are collinear, .
Using the result from part (a),
Hence
corresponding angles, since .
3. Conclude similarity by the AA criterion.
Since
and
two pairs of corresponding angles are equal.
Therefore,
Since and is a straight line with , .
Also, since and is a straight line with , .
Therefore, two pairs of corresponding angles are equal, so
25(c)
1. Identify the larger triangle with the same angle pattern as the two given similar triangles.
From earlier parts, and . Hence triangle has the same corresponding angles as triangles and .
So another similar triangle is .
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