Draw this cyclic quadilateral and mark ABCD in order.
Draw the two diagonals (BC and AD)
Now in ADC Triangle.
DAC angle = DCA angle (since AD = DC)
Let's call this two angles as x,
therefore, DCA angle = DAC angle = x
Therefore ADC angle = 180 - 2x (Angles in a triangle)
But in a cyclic quadilateral the opposing angles are complementary,
ADC angle + ABC angle = 180
180 -2x + ABC angle = 180
ABC angle = 2x
Conside the circle segment AD,
Now DCA angle = DBA angle (Angles in same segment)
Since DCA angle = x
Therefore DBA angle = x
But
ABC angle = DBA angle + DBC angle
2x = x + DBC angle
DBC angle = x
but in DBC trinagle, DC = BC
Therefore,
DBC angle = CDB angle = x
Therefore in DBC triangle ,
DCB angle = 180 -2x
Now,
DCB angle = 180 -2x
and
ADC angle = 180 -2x (previously proved)
Therefore ADC angle = DCB angle
CDB angle = x (previous proved)
and
DBA angle = x (previously proved)
Therefore DC // AB (Properties of parallelogram)
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