Find The Interior Angle

Geometry Level 1

In A B C ABC , sides A B AB and A C AC are equal in length and A \angle A measures 8 0 80^\circ .

If the points D , E , and F are on sides BC, CA, and AB respectively, such that C E = C D , B F = B D CE= CD,BF=BD , then what is E D F \angle EDF ?


The answer is 50.

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26 solutions

Henry Okafor
Jan 17, 2014

Triangle ABC is an isosceles triangle. <A = 80. Therefore, <B =<C =50 degrees.

Since triangle CDE is also isosceles, and <C =50, <CDE = <CED = 65 degrees.

Also, triangle DFB is isosceles, <B =50. Therefore, <FDB = <DFB = 65 degrees.

<CDE, <EDF, < FDB are angles on a straight line with <CDE = <FDB =65 degrees. Therefore, <EDF = 180 - 65 - 65 = 50 degrees.

Illustration above isn't accurate if the triagle seems to be isosceles...

Virgilio Necio - 2 years, 4 months ago

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"not drawn to scale"

Kevin Shi - 2 years, 2 months ago

How did u come to know that it is an isoceles triangle????

Palaash Barot - 5 years, 7 months ago

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It can be deduced from the given information. AB = AC, so triangle ABC is an isosceles triangle. CE = CD, so triangle CED is an isosceles triangle. BF = BD, so triangle BDF is an isosceles triangle.

Thomas James Bautista - 5 years, 7 months ago
Pedro Junqueira
Dec 31, 2013

If the sides AB and BC are congruent, it is an isosceles triangle. As the angle at the vertice A is 80 degrees, then the angles at the vertices B and C is 50 degrees each. Putting the D, E and F points on their respective sides, we realize that formed the CDE, DEF and BDF triangles that are also isosceles. As the sum of the interior angles of all triangles is equal to 180 degrees, we know that the angles at the vertices D, E and F is 65 degrees. The EFD angle is equal to 180 - (65 + 65) degrees. Therefore we conclude that this angle is 50 degrees. Sorry about the grammatical errors... I really tried to write the best I could. Thank you! ;D

Alina Qamar: 50 + x + x = 180, because it is an isosceles triangle... Then, solving the equation, we realize that x = 65.

Pedro Junqueira - 7 years, 5 months ago

Sourav Thakur if equation is 50+x+x=180 then after solving hte equation we get value of x= 65 degrees then how we get angle EFD =50 degrees?

Sourav Thakur - 7 years, 5 months ago

how could the angel D, E, F be of 65 degree? sorry if u find its a lame question but i am not getting this..

Alina Qamar - 7 years, 5 months ago

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here,angle ABD=50 degree & in triangle FBD 50+x+x=180,thus,x=65,as,angle FBD=50 and BF =BD=x,as,they are congruent

Jannatul Mawa - 7 years, 5 months ago

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i think you really should apply the date given.

Wen Nie - 7 years, 2 months ago

me to there is something wrong

Joseph Lamboloto - 7 years, 4 months ago

i didn't understand the connection u predicted between those 3 interior trangles

Bhavana Manjunath - 7 years, 4 months ago

anlge a =80 straight line is 180 in finding interior angle formula is 180-a/2,so 180-80/2=50

Mark Ian Avestano - 7 years, 4 months ago

how did u get 50

Satya Chaitanya - 7 years, 3 months ago

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as its sides are equal

Rifat Rakin - 2 years ago

awesome... you explained very nice.. thank you...

Martin Jebasingh - 7 years, 3 months ago

i wamnt robuck

Zoe Uzoezi Osagie - 1 month, 3 weeks ago

too easy, 50 degrees

Cuộc Sống Tươi Đẹp - 7 years, 1 month ago

THIS IS NOT CORRECT CORRECT ANSWER IS 45.

ankit sharma - 7 years, 5 months ago

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no, answer is 50 only...angle CDF and angle DFB comes out 65. And CB forms a straight line,i.e it's angle is 180 n therefore angle EDF comes 50

anukriti singh - 7 years, 5 months ago
Amlan Mishra
Jan 1, 2014

ATQ, -angB = angC = 1/2(180-80) = 50 (Since AB=AC & applying angle sum property)

-In triangleBFD, angBFD = angBDF = 65 (-------------)

-In triangleCED, angCED = angCDE = 65 (-------------)

-Also, angBDF + angEDF + angCDE = 180 (Straight angle)

-So, angEDF = 180- ( angCDE+ angBDF) = 180 - (65 + 65)

angEDF = 50

why it is 65

anas mohammed - 7 years, 5 months ago

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∠ A+∠ B+∠ C=180.... ∠ A=80

∠ B+∠ C=100-------- (1)

by the rules of isosceles triangle, the angles opposite to the congruent sides are congruent..--- (2).

by def. BFD and CDE are isosceles triangles.

∠ B+∠ BDF+∠ BFD=180 ....... and ∠ BFD=∠ BDF---- from (2)

---> ∠ B+2(∠ BDF)=180--- (3)

|||ly in triangle CED ∠ C+2(∠ CDE)=180 -->(4)

adding 3 and 4

2(∠ BDF +∠ CDE) +∠ B + ∠ C=360---(5)

substituting 1 in 5

2(∠ BDF +∠ CDE) +100 =360

∠ BDF +∠ CDE=130--- (6)

angle in a straight line is 180..... so,

∠ BDF +∠ CDE+∠ EDF=180...

∠EDF=180-130 = 50

i think this would be clear to u

Inigo Johnson - 7 years, 5 months ago

nise

sri harsha pothuguntla - 7 years, 5 months ago

yes the answer is 50 i believe there is some theorem which states for an isosceles triangle the angles made by opposite two vertices will be the same. So we have <A,<C and <B as 80,50,50 Respectively. Applying the same theorem we get angels CDE and BDF as 65 each.since we know ,<CDE+<EDF+<FDB=180, <FDB=180-(65+65)=50.

sherin skaria - 7 years, 4 months ago

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correct

Sudha Menon - 7 years, 3 months ago
Rhishikesh Dongre
Apr 18, 2014

A = 80 and it is given that ac = ab

In triangle ABC,

Let C and B be x as they are equal(angle opposite to equal sides are equal)

A + x + x = 180

80 + 2x = 180

x = 50

In triangle CED ,

Let angle CED and angle EDC be y ,

C + y + y = 180

50 + 2y = 180

y = 65

thus, angle EDC = 65

Similarly angle FDB = 65

angle CDB = 180

CDE + EDF + BDF = 180

65 + EDF + 65 = 180

EDF = 180 - 130

Hence angle EDF = 50

Rupam Patra
Jan 19, 2014

at first i have drawn two perpendicular from the point D to AB and AC ,respectively DP and DQ . Now angleDPB=90 angleDBP=50(180-80/2) so anglePDB=40 similarly angleQDC=40 so angleQDP =100 angleDFB=angleBDF=65 so angleFDP=25(90-65) similarly angleQDE=25 so angleEDF=50(100-50)

Nikko Quirap
Apr 12, 2014

Triangle ABC is an isosceles triangle

A=80 B=C=50

Triangles FBD and EDC are congruent and isosceles triangles

E=D=F=65

Straight Angle is equal to 180

thus angle EDF = 180-130= 50

Sukkhada Joshii
Mar 31, 2014

In triangle ABC,A=80 degrees.CE=CD &BF=BD,therefore,[angles opp equal sides are equal]angles CDE & CED[x] are equal.similarly,angles BDF=BFD[y].Angle A=180-2x & angleB=180-2y.By the angle sum property,80+180-2x+180-2y+180.So 2x+2y=260.So x+y=130.Therefore,x+y+EDF=180[linear pair].So angle EDF=50 degrees

AB=AC, <CAB=80 Degree so,<ACB=80

Triangle CED=<ECD+<CDE+CED

<ECD=80 Degree

so <CDE+<CED=100

and also <CDE=<CED

so <CDE=<CED =50 Degree

At the same time

CDB=180 Degree

CDB includes <CDE+<EDF<FDB

So EDF=50 Degree

Madrid Vivar
Mar 17, 2014

triangle ABC is an isosceles triangle if angle A=80 then angle B&C=100; 50 each. triangle BDF is also an isosceles triangle since BF=BD ; angle B=50 then angle F and Angle BDF is equal=130/2 = 65 each; traingle ECD is an isosceles triangle also the same as triangle BFD angle E and EDC is 65 each; CDB=180 less the 65 for angle BDF and 65 angle CDE EFF=180-65-65=50

Amir Gwida
Mar 16, 2014

It is very easy one . just try to calculate all angles in all triangles using congruent angles and sides :D

Dileep Kumar
Feb 28, 2014

because sides AB=AC, then angle ACB=angle ABC=X(LET), GIVEN that angle CAB=80 degree, so in triangle ABC, 2X+80=180,(because in a triangle sum of three angles=180) so,X=50, GIVEN IN triangle CED, CE=CD, SO,angle CED= angle CDE=(180-50)/2=65 degree. given IN triangle BDF, BF=BD. SO, angle BDF= angle BFD=(180-50)/2=65 degree. now , angle BDF+ angle FDE+angle CDE=180 or, 65+angle FDE+65=180, SO,angle FDE=50 degree.

Simran Kajal
Feb 27, 2014

In Triangle ABC <A=80 &AB=AC Therefore <B=<C By Angle Sum Property Of a Triangle <A+ <B+ <C=180 80+<b+<c=180 2<B=100 <B=100=<C
Similarly, <cde =<e=65 &<fdb =<dfb=65 <CDE+<BDF+<EDF=180 <EDF=180-65-65 =180-130=50 Therefore <EDF=50

Sheetal Gupta
Feb 14, 2014

As we know that "if two sides of a triangle r equal so the angles opposite to the sides will also be equal". so as in triangleABC AB=AC so AngleC=AngleB since AngleA=80 So, AngleC/B= 180-80\2 = 100\2 =50 Hence AngleB=AngleC=50

now in triangle CED, AngleC=50degree As CE=CD so AngleE=AngleD= 180-50\2=65

similarly in TriangleDFB, AngleB-50degree As DF=BD so, AngleD=AngleF=180-50\2=65

As AngleCDB=180 So AngleEDF= 180-(angleCDE+angleBDF) By putting the values we get, AngleEDF=180-(65+65) AngleEDF=180-130=50

Hence the value of AngleEDF is 50degree.

Krishna Garg
Feb 12, 2014

With 80 degree angle other two anles are 50 degree each( being isoscles triangle) similarly,for other two triangles,angles adjacent to angle EDF are 65 degree,Sum of all angles is 180 degree therefore angle EDF is 180 minus(65 +65)+50 degree

Sumit Kumar
Feb 9, 2014

since AB=AC,therefore Triangle ABC is isosceles Triangle. Given that Angle A=80,hence Angle B= Angle C= 50 . Similarly Triangles CED & BFD are also isosceles Triangle .Therefore angle CED= angle CDE= angle BFD= angle BDF=65 degree.Hence angle EDF=50 degree

Ambulkar Aakash
Feb 7, 2014

here given that ab=ac <abc+<acb+<a=180 <acb = <abc = 50 similarly, <ced = <cde = 65 (given ce=cd) <bfd =<bdf =65 (given bf=bd) <cdb=180 =<cde+edf+bdf <cde+<bdf = 130 therefore <EDF =50

Ankit Singh
Feb 4, 2014

A+B+C=180,B=C B+C=180-80=100 B=C=50 E+D+C=180,E=D E=D=65 D+B+F=180,D=F D=F=65 EDC+EDF+FDB=180 EDF+130=180 EDF=50

Daryll RomuaLdez
Feb 2, 2014

Since ABC is isosceles then C = B = 50 . since CDE and FBD are isosceles then E = D = F = 65, Clearly, EDC, FDB and EDF sum up to 180 so EDF is 50 degrees

Shoham Grunblat
Jan 25, 2014

Since △ABC is isosceles, ∠ACB=∠ABC=\frac {180∘-80∘}{2}= 50∘. △BFD and △ECD are both isosceles triangles with equal top angles, and so ∠CED=∠CDE=∠FBD=∠FDB= \frac {180∘-50∘}{2}= 65∘. ∠EDF= 180∘-(∠FDB+∠EDC)= 50∘.

That's it.

Nabila Zoghaby
Jan 17, 2014

In Δ ABC AB=AC , ∠A=50° ⇒ ∠C=∠B=(180-80)/2=50°

In Δ CED CE=CD , ∠C=50° ⇒ ∠CED=∠CDE=(180-50)/2=65°

In Δ FDB BF=BD , ∠DBF=50° ⇒ ∠BDF=∠BFD=(180-50)/2=65°

∠CDB=180° ( straight angle ) ⇒∠EDF= 180-(65+65)=180-130= 50°

For this explanation, I used uppercase for sides and lowercase for angles to prevent confusion.

if AB = AC and a = 80 degrees, then b = c

a + b + c = 180 a + b + c = 180

a + 2 b = 180 a + 2b = 180

2 b = 180 80 2b = 180 - 80

2 b = 100 2b = 100

b = 50 b = 50

Since CE = CD, we could say that d = e for CDE. Thus,

b = 180 2 d b = 180 - 2d

2 d = 180 b 2d = 180 - b

2 d = 180 50 2d = 180 - 50

2 d = 130 2d = 130

d = 65 d = 65

the same could be said for d and f for BDF.

From there,

c d e + e d f + f d b = 180 cde + edf + fdb = 180

e d f = 180 65 65 edf = 180 - 65 - 65

e d f = 180 130 edf = 180 - 130

e d f = 50 edf = \boxed{50}

Robert Ladog
Jan 12, 2014

Since A=80, then B=50 and A= 50 .Since Triangle CDE is isosceles that makes angle D=65 and angle E = 65 and SINCE Triangle BDF is isosceles, that makes angle F = 65 angle D= 65. since angle D from both triangles sum to 130, therefore EDF is 50.

Aleem Ahmed
Jan 11, 2014

Ang A = 80 since AB = AC then Ang B = Ang C So Ang C = Ang C = 50 Since CE = CD So Ang CED + Ang CDE = 130 (since Ang C = 50) Ang CED = Ang CDE = 65 (Vice Versa) similarly Ang BFD = Ang BDF = 65 Ang BDF + Ang CDE + Ang EDF = 180 Hence Ang EDF = 50

Triangle ABC is an isosceles triangle, AB = AC so angle B and c are the same angle that is (180 - (point A)): 2 = 50. Both angles B and C is 50. Then look at triangle CDE is also an isosceles triangle, so CD = CE angle D and E have the same value that is (180 - (point C)): 2 = 65. Similarly, the triangle BDF. Because the angle of the triangle CDE D has a value equal to the angle D in the triangle BDF, look straight line BC is worth 180 degrees. Then the angle EDF is (180 - (2 x 65)) = 50.

Manish Kumar Roy
Jan 10, 2014

Since AB and AC are equal, therefore angle ABC and angle ACB will be equal to each other. Using the angle sum property of a triangle each of the 2 angles can be found out to be 50 degrees each. Proceeding in a similar way in triangles CED and BDF we can get the equal angles of the triangle as 65 degrees each. again the sum of the angles CDE, EDF and BDF will be 180 degrees. Therefore 65+EDF+65 =180... this gives us EDF =50

Adithya Pillai
Jan 9, 2014

triangle abc is isosceles as AB=AC. so angle B=angle C=180-80/2 . triangle CED and DFB are also isosceles.solving we get angle EDF as 50 degrees

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