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.

  1. (a)

    Prove that angle ADB = angle CDT .

  2. (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.

∠PAB=∠ADB\angle PAB = \angle ADB (Alternate Segment Theorem)

2. Relate angle PAB to angle ABC using parallel lines.

∠PAB=∠ABC\angle PAB = \angle ABC (Alternate angles, PAQ∥BCTPAQ \parallel BCT)

3. Relate angle CDT to angle ABC using cyclic quadrilateral properties.

∠CDT=∠ABC\angle CDT = \angle ABC (Exterior angle of cyclic quadrilateral ABCDABCD)

4. Conclude the proof.

Since ∠PAB=∠ADB\angle PAB = \angle ADB and ∠PAB=∠ABC\angle PAB = \angle ABC, we have ∠ADB=∠ABC\angle ADB = \angle ABC.
Since ∠CDT=∠ABC\angle CDT = \angle ABC, it follows that ∠ADB=∠CDT\angle ADB = \angle CDT. (Shown)

Answer

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11(b)

1. State the first pair of equal angles from part (a).

From part (a), ∠ADB=∠CDT\angle ADB = \angle CDT.

2. Find a second pair of equal angles using alternate segment theorem and parallel lines.

Let ∠QAD=x\angle QAD = x.
By the alternate segment theorem, ∠ABD=∠QAD=x\angle ABD = \angle QAD = x.
Since PAQ∥BCTPAQ \parallel BCT, alternate angles are equal, so ∠CTD=∠QAD=x\angle CTD = \angle QAD = x.
Therefore, ∠ABD=∠CTD\angle ABD = \angle CTD.

3. Conclude similarity using AA criterion.

In △TCD\triangle TCD and △BAD\triangle BAD:

  1. ∠CDT=∠ADB\angle CDT = \angle ADB (proven in (a))
  2. ∠CTD=∠ABD\angle CTD = \angle ABD (proven above)
    Since two pairs of corresponding angles are equal, △TCD\triangle TCD and △BAD\triangle BAD are similar (AA similarity).
Answer

Triangles TCDTCD and BADBAD are similar (AA similarity).

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