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In the adjoining figure, AB and AC are two equal chords of a circle with centre O . Show that O lies on the bisector of `/_ BAC`.

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Join OA,OB and OC
`Delta OAB ~= Delta OAC [ :' OA= OA , OB = OC =r, AB =AC]`
`implies /_ OAB = /_ OAC`
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