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(1)证明:连接BO,方法一:∵AB=AD∴∠D=∠ABD∵AB=AO∴∠ABO=∠AOB又在△OBD中, $\angle \mathrm { D } + \angle \mathrm { D O B } + \angle \mathrm { A B O } + \angle \mathrm { A B D } = 1 8 0 ^ { \circ }$ $\therefore \angle O \mathrm { B D } = 9 0 ^ { \circ }$ ,即 BD⊥BO∴BD是⊙O的切线;方法二:∵AB=AO,BO=AO∴AB=AO=BO∴△ABO为等边三角形

$\therefore \angle B _ { } \mathrm { A O } = \angle A B O = 6 0 ^ { \circ }$ $\because A B = A D$ $\therefore \angle D = \angle A B D$ $\scriptstyle \bigstar \angle \mathrm { D } + \angle \mathrm { A B D } = \angle \mathrm { B A O } = 6 0 ^ { \circ }$ $\therefore \angle A B D = 3 0 ^ { \circ }$ $\therefore \angle O \mathrm { B D } = \angle A B D + \angle A B O = 9 0 ^ { \circ }$ ,即 $\mathrm { B D \perp B O }$ $\therefore \mathrm { B D }$ 是⊙O的切线;方法三: $\because A B = A D = A O$ ∴点O、B、D在以OD为直径的⊙A上$\therefore \angle O \mathrm { B D } = 9 0 ^ { \circ }$ ,即 $\mathrm { B D \perp B O }$ ∴BD是⊙O的切线;(2)解: $\because \angle C = \angle \mathrm { E } , \angle C \mathrm { A F = \angle E B F }$ $\therefore \Delta \mathrm { A C F } \sim \Delta$ BEF∵AC是⊙O的直径$\therefore \angle A B C = 9 0 ^ { \circ }$ 在 $\mathrm { R t } \triangle \mathrm { B F A }$ 中, $\cos \angle \mathrm { B F A } = \frac { B F } { A F } = \frac { 2 } { 3 }$ $\therefore \frac { S _ { \scriptscriptstyle \triangle B E F } } { S _ { \scriptscriptstyle \triangle A C F } } = ( \frac { B F } { A F } ) ^ { 2 } = \frac { 4 } { 9 }$ 又 $\because S _ { \Delta \mathrm { B E F } } { = } 8$ $\therefore \mathrm { S } _ { \triangle \mathrm { A C F } } = 1 8 .$