Solve this Geometry Problem using Alternate Segments

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Homework Statement
see attached.
Relevant Equations
Tangent- chord theorem
This is a textbook problem...clearly angle ##AEG≠ 160^0## there is something wrong with the value given,...I am trying to analyse this...

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The solution misuses tangent chord theorem.
Exact ones are
angle EAB= angle BEF
angle AEG= angle ABE
 
anuttarasammyak said:
The solution misuses tangent chord theorem.
Exact ones are
angle EAB= angle BEF
angle AEG= angle ABE
That is correct, ...and exactly my thoughts. We ought to make use of the triangle only in establishing the tangent- chord theorem and not the quadrilateral...
 
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