Another Quadrilateral Problem

Geometry Level 5

In quadrilateral A B C D ABCD B A D = A D C \angle BAD = \angle ADC and A B D = B C D \angle ABD = \angle BCD , A B = 8 AB=8 , B D = 10 BD=10 and B C = 6 BC=6 . Find C D CD .


The answer is 12.8.

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3 solutions

Gustavo Jambersi
Nov 12, 2015

First we construct two lines, one parallel to A D AD passing on B B and the line B D BD :

Now we notice that B E C = A D B = B A D \angle BEC = \angle ADB = \angle BAD and B C E = A D B C B E = A D B \angle BCE = \angle ADB\rightarrow \angle CBE = \angle ADB . With that, A B D \triangle ABD and B C E \triangle BCE are similars. Now we can make the propostion: C E 6 = 8 10 C E = 4.8 \frac {CE}{6} = \frac {8}{10}\rightarrow CE = 4.8 . Finally we have that A B = D E = 8 AB=DE=8 because B A D = A D E \angle BAD = \angle ADE . Our answer will be: D E + C E = 8 + 4.8 = 12.8 DE + CE = 8 + 4.8 = \boxed{12.8}

Mietantei Conan
Aug 6, 2014

Let B A D = X \angle BAD=X and A B D = Y \angle ABD=Y . Draw line l l parallel to side A D AD passing through B B . Construct a point E E such that quadrilateral A B E D ABED is an isoceles trapezoid .From here we have two cases:( i i ) B E BE is outside A B C D ABCD and ( i i ii ) B E BE lies inside C D CD but i i does not work because because one will find from angle chase that either of angle E B C \angle EBC or C B D \angle CBD is negative. Hence, B E BE is inside A B C D ABCD .From angle chase one will find that B E BE bisects B \angle B . By internal angle bisector theorem we find E C = 4.8 EC=4.8 . Therefore, C D = 12.8 CD=12.8 .

hey conan can u elaborate on how BE bisects angle B and how EC=4.8. plz reply soon

Seong Ro - 5 years, 7 months ago
Akash Deep
Aug 22, 2014

well i used a bit of sine rule and the constructions which mietantei conan has done

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