Construction Is A Piece Of Cake! Right? (Part-4)

Geometry Level 5

Sanskar, influenced by Mohit , Akshat and Anshuman , took two parallel lines P Q PQ and M N MN (as shown in the figure) such that M N < P Q MN<PQ , and started doing aimless constructions, the steps of which are given below:

( 1 1 ) He marked four points A , B , C a n d D A, B, C \mathrm{ and } D such that A B = B C = C D AB=BC=CD and then he drew a perpendicular on C C and marked a point F F on it such that A B = C F AB=CF .

( 2 2 ) Then he joined A F AF and marked a point E E on P Q PQ such that D E = A F DE=AF and E E doesn't lies on P D PD .

( 3 3 ) He then joined E N EN which meets A M AM at X X (both lines extended).

( 4 4 ) Then he joined C X CX which intersects M N MN at G G and then constructed M H N \bigtriangleup MHN such that M H = G N MH=GN and H N = M N HN=MN

Sanskar then wondered what M N H \angle MNH could possibly be equal to (in degrees).


The answer is 36.

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2 solutions

Ahmad Saad
Jul 31, 2016

Exactly as intended, brilliant solution.

Akshay Yadav - 4 years, 10 months ago

How did you know that it is the cosine of 36°? I mean, how do you calculate the inverse cosine without knowing what the cosine of 36° is. Is there any other way you can do the problem, without knowing the cosine of 36° beforehand?

Anupam Nayak - 4 years, 9 months ago

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I made this question this way that one has to recognize the ratio of sides to find the angle. I don't think it can be solved without knowing the trigonometric ratio.

Akshay Yadav - 4 years, 9 months ago
Atomsky Jahid
Aug 3, 2016

@Akshay Yadav There's a mistake in your problem statement. In number (4) it should be "Then he joined CX which intersects...". I solved the problem by noting that A C C E = M G G N = 2 1 + 5 \frac{AC}{CE}=\frac{MG}{GN}=\frac{2}{1+\sqrt{5}} Then, I assumed M N = H N = 3 + 5 MN=HN=3+\sqrt{5} and M H = 1 + 5 MH=1+\sqrt{5} in the triangle MHN. After that, I used cosine rule to get M N H = 3 6 \angle MNH=36^\circ

Thanks for stating the mistake, I have corrected it.

Akshay Yadav - 4 years, 10 months ago

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