Connected Triangles' Angle

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Circle A A , with a radius of 9 9 , has a horizontal chord B C \overline{BC} with a length of 10 10 . From point C C , a vertical line extends to point D D . From point D D , a horizontal line extends to point E E on the circle's circumference. Line segment D E \overline{DE} has a length of 3 3 . From point E E , another vertical line extends to point F F on the circle's circumference.

Points B B and D D connect to form a line segment, and so do points D D and F F . What is the angle (in degrees) of B D F \angle BDF ?

NOTE: The answer must be on the nearest hundredths.


The answer is 128.56.

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2 solutions

Kaizen Cyrus
Jun 9, 2020

Finding the length of C D \overline{CD} and the measurement of B D C \angle BDC :

Triangle A B C ABC has a shown width of 10 10 . It would have a height of 2 14 2\sqrt{14} . Triangle A H E AHE has a width of 16 16 , which would have a height of 17 \sqrt{17} . Subtracting the height of A H E \triangle AHE from the height of A B C \triangle ABC would give us 3.36 \approx 3.36 which is equal to the length of C D CD . We can now compute for B D C \angle BDC . tan B D C = 10 3.36 B D C 71.4 3 \small \tan\angle BDC = \frac{10}{3.36} \implies \angle BDC \approx 71.43^{\circ}


Finding the length of E F \overline{EF} and the measurement of F D E \angle FDE :

Line segment A J \overline{AJ} is equal to the length of half of B C \overline{BC} plus the length of D E \overline{DE} . Line segment J K \overline{JK} would then have a length of 1 1 . Using the Intersecting Chords Theorem ( L J × J K = E J × F J \overline{LJ} × \overline{JK} = \overline{EJ} × \overline{FJ} ), we get that the length of E F \overline{EF} is 2 17 2\sqrt{17} . We can now compute for F D E \angle FDE . tan F D E = 2 17 3 F D E 70.0 1 \small \tan \angle FDE = \frac{2\sqrt{17}}{3} \implies \angle FDE \approx 70.01^{\circ}


Having the measurements of the necessary angles, we can calculate for the answer to the question.

B D C + C D E + F D E + B D F = 36 0 71.4 3 + 9 0 + 70.0 1 + B D F = 36 0 231.4 4 + B D F = 36 0 B D F = 36 0 231.4 4 B D F = 128.5 6 \scriptsize \begin{aligned} \angle BDC + \angle CDE + \angle FDE + \angle BDF = & \space 360^{\circ} \\ 71.43^{\circ} + 90^{\circ} + 70.01^{\circ} + \angle BDF = & \space 360^{\circ} \\ 231.44^{\circ} + \angle BDF = & \space 360^{\circ} \\ \angle BDF = & \space 360^{\circ} - 231.44^{\circ} \\ \angle BDF = & \space \boxed{128.56^{\circ}}\end{aligned}

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