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Applying the Sine Rule in a variety of triangles, we have A D A B = sin x sin 3 x A C A D = sin 8 x sin 3 x A B A C = sin 7 x sin 1 4 x = 2 cos 7 x and hence we deduce that sin x sin 8 x 2 sin 2 3 x cos 7 x = 1 and hence that 2 sin 2 3 x cos 7 x = sin x sin 8 x and we must solve this equation with x > 0 and 1 4 x < 1 8 0 ∘ . It turns out that x = 1 0 ∘ is the only solution in this range.