find the angle of X

Geometry Level 2


The answer is 10.

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2 solutions

Mark Hennings
Nov 26, 2019

Applying the Sine Rule in a variety of triangles, we have A B A D = sin 3 x sin x A D A C = sin 3 x sin 8 x A C A B = sin 14 x sin 7 x = 2 cos 7 x \frac{AB}{AD} \; = \; \frac{\sin 3x}{\sin x} \hspace{1cm} \frac{AD}{AC} \; = \; \frac{\sin3x}{\sin8x} \hspace{1cm} \frac{AC}{AB} \; = \; \frac{\sin14x}{\sin7x} \; = \; 2\cos7x and hence we deduce that 2 sin 2 3 x cos 7 x sin x sin 8 x = 1 \frac{2\sin^23x \cos7x}{\sin x \sin 8x} \; = \; 1 and hence that 2 sin 2 3 x cos 7 x = sin x sin 8 x 2\sin^23x \cos7x \; = \; \sin x \sin 8x and we must solve this equation with x > 0 x > 0 and 14 x < 18 0 14x < 180^\circ . It turns out that x = 1 0 x=\boxed{10^\circ} is the only solution in this range.

It's a trigonometric form of Ceva's theorem.

nibedan mukherjee - 1 year, 4 months ago
Jose Dehilario
Nov 25, 2019

Sorry, but I think that every x< 90 7 \frac{90}{7} is a possible answer to this problem. I guess that the answer was 10 because a lot of people love to set problems with rounded numbers... But, 10 isn't the only possible solution.

This is not true. There is a condition that x x must satisfy which is only met by x = 1 0 x=10^\circ . See my solution...

Mark Hennings - 1 year, 6 months ago

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