What is the $\angle EBF$?

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$ABCD$ is a square. If $\angle EFB= \angle BFC$ what is $\angle EBF?$

I can only think of the Z-rule and say that $\angle BFC = \angle FBA$. After that I can't progress any further.

I think the problem might be missing some details and that it has infinitely many solutions, but moving the points $E$ and $F$ on the square (in GeoGebra) while maintaining the angle bisector, I only get $\angle EBF $ to be ~$45^o$

How can I solve this problem?

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Let $K$ be the point on $EF$ such that $BK\perp EF$. Then $\triangle BCF\cong \triangle BKF$. This implies that $BK=BC=BA$ and hence $\triangle ABE\cong \triangle KBE$.

$\angle ABE=\angle KBE$ and $\angle CBF=\angle KBF$.

$\angle EBF=\angle ABC\div 2=45^\circ$.