ABCDE is regular pentagon. Prove that the points A, B, C and E are concyclic.

The pentagon is regular.
Consider a regular polygon ABCDE.
Take triangles ABC & ABE
BC=AE
 (sides of a regular polygon are equal)
AB=AB (common side)
ABC=∠EAB  (interior angles of a regular polygon are equal)
Therefore,
 
Triangle ABC is congruent to triangle ABE
Therefore,
∠AEB=∠ACB
 (corresponding parts of congruent triangles are equal)
Since these angles are equal, it proves the theorem
 "Equal chords of a circle subtend equal angles".
Thus, vertices ABCE lie on a circle and are hence CONCYCLIC.

Hence proved
 

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