In the diagram, PAQ is the tangent to the circle at A. The line BCT is parallel to PAQ and ADT is a straight line.

- (a)
Prove that angle ADB = angle CDT .

- (b)
Prove that triangles TCD and BAD are similar.
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11(a)
1. Relate angle ADB to the angle between the tangent and chord AB.
(Alternate Segment Theorem)
2. Relate angle PAB to angle ABC using parallel lines.
(Alternate angles, )
3. Relate angle CDT to angle ABC using cyclic quadrilateral properties.
(Exterior angle of cyclic quadrilateral )
4. Conclude the proof.
Since and , we have .
Since , it follows that . (Shown)
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11(b)
1. State the first pair of equal angles from part (a).
From part (a), .
2. Find a second pair of equal angles using alternate segment theorem and parallel lines.
Let .
By the alternate segment theorem, .
Since , alternate angles are equal, so .
Therefore, .
3. Conclude similarity using AA criterion.
In and :
- (proven in (a))
- (proven above)
Since two pairs of corresponding angles are equal, and are similar (AA similarity).
Triangles and are similar (AA similarity).
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