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Problem 492. Cyclic Quadrilateral, Circle, Perpendicular, Parallel.
Level: High School, College, SAT Prep.

The figure shows a cyclic quadrilateral ABCD and a circle O. AEF is perpendicular to AC (E on the circle O and F on DB extended), DGH is perpendicular to BD (G on the circle O and H on AC extended), Prove that FH, BC, and EG are parallel.
Cyclic quadrilateral is a quadrilateral whose vertices all lie on a single circle.

Cyclic quadrilateral, Perpendicular, Side, Diagonal, Parallel
 

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