In this geometric proof sheet, there is a circle with two parallel lines (one a radius and the other a chord, with an endpoint on the diameter of the circle.
You can see a diagram here (question 6 page 102: https://www.engageny.org/resource/geometry-module-5-topic-b-lesson-8/file/127991)
The solution does not make sense to me, specifically the part where it claims that angle AED equals angle EAD through substitution. Help please!
Best Answer
The "substitution" refers to the fact that any angle in the sum may be replaced by a congruent angle. That is just algebra.
But the proof is incorrect. Nowhere do we are angle DEA congruent to any other angle before the algebraic substitution is made. So we cannot validly substitute for it.
A proper proof can be constructed using AE as an auxiliary segment. Triangle ACE is isosceles with base CE (the other two sides are radii of the circle), so angles ACE and AEC are congruent. AE is a transverse between parallel lines so alternating interior angles AEC and DAE are congruent. AC is a transversal between parallel lines so corresponding angles ACE and DAB are congruent. By the transitive property central angles DAE and DAB are congruent and so are their intercepted arcs.