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Why are alternate exterior angles congruent?
Because they are vertical (and, therefore, congruent) to corresponding interior alternate angles, which have been proven to be congruent between themselves.
For complete explanation, theorems and related to parallel lines and transversal we can recommend to refer to UNIZOR and follow the menu options Geometry - Parallel Lines - Introduction.