Chapter 5
I’m Up and Down, and Round and Round
CBSE Class 9
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Question:

Let ABCD be a cyclic quadrilateral. Explain why the exterior angle at any vertex is equal to the interior opposite angle (e.g., ∠CDE=∠ABC\angle CDE = \angle ABC, where E is a point on the extension of side CD).

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In cyclic quadrilateral ABCD:

∠ABC+∠ADC=180∘\angle ABC + \angle ADC = 180^\circ ...(i)

Since E lies on the extension of CD

∠ADC\angle ADC and ∠ADE\angle ADE form a linear pair.

So, ∠ADC+∠ADE=180∘\angle ADC + \angle ADE = 180^\circ ...(ii)

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From (i) and (ii), we have

∠ABC+∠ADC=∠ADC+∠ADE\angle ABC + \angle ADC = \angle ADC + \angle ADE

Subtracting ∠ADC\angle ADC from both sides, we get

∠ABC=∠ADE\angle ABC = \angle ADE

Therefore, the exterior angle of a cyclic quadrilateral is equal to the interior opposite angle.

Hence proved.

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