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let F be the center,
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let CF be joined.
Since a straight line DE touches the circle ABC, and FC has been joined from the center to the point of contact,
FC is perpendicular to DE; [III.18]
therefore
the angle FCE is right.
But
The angle ACE is also right;
therefore
the angle FCE is equal to the angle ACE,
