is the smallest angle with an integer degree in a cyclic quadrilateral
The four interior angles (in degrees) are integers that form an arithmetic sequence, but they are not necessarily arranged in clockwise or counterclockwise order.
Find the sum of all possible values of in degrees.
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Since A B C D is cyclic, its opposite angles are supplementary. Thus m ∠ B + m ∠ D = m ∠ A + m ∠ C = 1 8 0 . Since ∠ B is the smallest angle, ∠ D must be the largest. WLOG, we'll say m ∠ A ≤ m ∠ C . Let b = m ∠ B be a (positive) integer. Then m ∠ B = b m ∠ A = b + n m ∠ C = b + 2 n m ∠ D = b + 3 n
for some positive integer n ≥ 0 . Since the sum of the interior angles of A B C D must be 3 6 0 ∘ (all cyclic quadrilaterals are convex), 4 b + 6 n = 3 6 0 . Additionally, for any value of n , m ∠ B + m ∠ D = m ∠ A + m ∠ C = 2 b + 3 n = 1 8 0 , so the quadrilateral is indeed cyclic. For this equation to have integer solutions, b must be a multiple of 3. So let b = 3 k ; then n = 6 0 − 2 k . Note that 1 ≤ k ≤ 3 0 .
We can verify that both k = 1 and k = 3 0 yield valid solutions: the former gives angle measures 3 ∘ , 6 1 ∘ , 1 1 9 ∘ , 1 7 7 ∘ while the latter gives 9 0 ∘ , 9 0 ∘ , 9 0 ∘ , 9 0 ∘ . Thus the sum of all possible values of b is k = 1 ∑ 3 0 3 k = 3 2 ( 3 0 ) ( 3 1 ) = 1 3 9 5 .