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I need help with B. The teacher said we can plug numbers into the angles to prove it false.

I need help with B. The teacher said we can plug numbers into the angles to prove-example-1
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the angles at vertex C are clearly vertical angles and thus equal, however, the triangles made would be similar only if AB || ED, if that were true then the angles in the triangles will also be congruent, however we do not have information stating that AB and ED are indeed parallel, a counterexample will be, Check the picture below.

I need help with B. The teacher said we can plug numbers into the angles to prove-example-1
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