Answer :

In both cases, you have to work on the angle between the sides you found out to be equal.

Diagram 1:

You can show that the angle PCB is the same as ACR. To prove this, you can think of angles:

[tex]P\hat{C}B=P\hat{C}A + A\hat{C}B[/tex]

and

[tex]A\hat{C}R=B\hat{C}R+A\hat{C}B[/tex]

So, angle [tex]A\hat{C}B[/tex] is common, and both [tex]P\hat{C}A[/tex] and [tex]B\hat{C}R[/tex] are right angles.

So, angles PCB and ACR are both 90° plus a common term (ACB), and thus they're equal.

Diagram 2:

We will work very similarly here: in this case, you have

[tex]A\hat{B}G = A\hat{B}C-G\hat{B}C[/tex]

and

[tex]C\hat{B}E=G\hat{B}E-G\hat{B}C[/tex]

Again, both [tex]A\hat{B}C[/tex] and [tex]G\hat{B}E[/tex] are right angles, so we have

[tex]A\hat{B}G = 90-G\hat{B}C[/tex]

and

[tex]C\hat{B}E=90-G\hat{B}C[/tex]

So, both [tex]A\hat{B}G[/tex] and [tex]C\hat{B}E[/tex] are 90 minus a common term, so they are equal.

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