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In parallelogram $\text{ABCD, E}$ and $F$ are mid$-$points of the sides $AB$ and $CD$ respectively. The line segments $AF$ and $BF$ meet the line segments $ED$ and $EC$ at points $G$ and $H$ respectively.Prove that$:(i)$ Triangles $HEB$ and $FHC$ are congruent$;(ii)\text{GEHF}$ is a parallelogram.
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$(i)$ From $\triangle HEB$ and $\triangle FHC$
$B E=F C$
$\angle EHB =\angle FHC \dots...[$ Opposite angle$]$
$ \angle HBE =\angle HFC$
$ \therefore \triangle HEB \cong \triangle FHC$
$ \therefore EH = CH , BH = FH $
$(ii)$ Similarly $AG = GF$ and $EG = DG \dots.....(1)$
For $\triangle ECD,$
$F$ and $H$ are the mid$-$point of $CD$ and $EC$.
Therefore $HF \| DE$ and
$HF =\frac{1}{2} DE \ldots (2)$
From $(1)$ and $(2)$ we get,
$HF = EG$ and $HF \| EG$
Similarly, we can show that $EH = GF$ and $EH \| GF$
Therefore $\text{GEHF}$ is a parallelogram.

$(i)$ From $\triangle HEB$ and $\triangle FHC$
$B E=F C$
$\angle EHB =\angle FHC \dots...[$ Opposite angle$]$
$ \angle HBE =\angle HFC$
$ \therefore \triangle HEB \cong \triangle FHC$
$ \therefore EH = CH , BH = FH $
$(ii)$ Similarly $AG = GF$ and $EG = DG \dots.....(1)$
For $\triangle ECD,$
$F$ and $H$ are the mid$-$point of $CD$ and $EC$.
Therefore $HF \| DE$ and
$HF =\frac{1}{2} DE \ldots (2)$
From $(1)$ and $(2)$ we get,
$HF = EG$ and $HF \| EG$
Similarly, we can show that $EH = GF$ and $EH \| GF$
Therefore $\text{GEHF}$ is a parallelogram.
















