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Two equal circles intersect in and A straight line through meets the circles in and Prove that

Join PQ,


PQ is the common chord of both the circles.


Thus,


arc PCQ = arc PDQ


∴ ∠QAP = ∠QBP


∴ QA = QB Proved.


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