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Geometry Level 3

Find the magnitude of angle ABC in degrees if the radius of the circle is "r".

160 140 110 150 120 100 130 170

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2 solutions

Ajit Athle
Jan 31, 2015

If O be the centre of the circle then triangle AOC is equilateral and hence / AOC=60° which makes / ABC=150. This should be a Level 1 problem with a lesser weightage.

mhm... I figured out by drawing it's 150 but I still don't get the proof... can you elaborate a little ?

Radinoiu Damian - 6 years, 4 months ago
Edwin Hughes
Feb 21, 2015

O A C \color{#3D99F6}{\triangle OAC} is equilateral and O D OD is a perpendicular bisector to chord A C AC . O D \space \overline{OD} is extended to point B B so points O , D , B O,D,B are collinear. A B D C B D \space \triangle ABD \cong \triangle CBD by SAS congruence. This proves A B C B AB \cong CB citing corresponding parts of congruent triangles. A B C \space \color{#D61F06}{\triangle ABC} is therefore isosceles. We can now conclude that we just inscribed 1 6 \frac{1}{6} of a regular polygon inside the circle (i.e., 6 0 36 0 \frac{60^{\circ}}{360^{\circ}} ). A B C \space \angle ABC is therefore the interior angle of a regular dodecagon since we can repeat this construction 6 times in total.

15 0 \therefore 150^{\circ}

It is not mentioned that O,D,B are collinear

Archit Boobna - 6 years, 3 months ago

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