Find x x

Geometry Level 3


The answer is 15.

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B A C = B C A = 4 5 \angle BAC=\angle BCA =45^\circ . Let A B = B C = A D = 1 AB=BC=AD=1 , then A C = 2 AC=\sqrt{2}

A D C = 180 x ( 45 x ) = 13 5 \angle ADC=180-x-(45-x)=135^\circ

Extend C D CD to E E such that E D A E ED \perp AE . Since A D C \angle ADC and A D E \angle ADE are supplementary angles, A D E = 180 135 = 4 5 \angle ADE=180-135=45^\circ . It follows that A E D \triangle AED is an isosceles triangle. By ratio and proportion, we have

A E 1 = 1 2 \dfrac{AE}{1}=\dfrac{1}{\sqrt{2}} \color{#D61F06}\large \implies A E = 2 2 AE=\dfrac{\sqrt{2}}{2} , since A C AC is twice A E AE , A E C \triangle AEC is a 30 60 90 30-60-90 special right triangle. It means that A C D = 3 0 \angle ACD=30^\circ .

Finally, 45 x = 30 45-x=30 or x = 1 5 \color{#3D99F6}\boxed{\large x=15^\circ}

Chew-Seong Cheong
Jul 23, 2017

Let A B = B C = A D = 1 AB=BC=AD=1 . Then A C = A B 2 + B C 2 = 2 AC = \sqrt{AB^2+BC^2} = \sqrt 2 . We note that A D C = 18 0 x ( 4 5 x ) = 13 5 \angle ADC = 180^\circ - x - (45^\circ - x) = 135^\circ . Using sine rule :

sin A C D A D = sin A D C A C sin ( 4 5 x ) 1 = sin 13 5 2 sin ( 4 5 x ) = 1 2 4 5 x = 3 0 x = 15 \begin{aligned} \frac {\sin \angle ACD}{AD} & = \frac {\sin \angle ADC}{AC} \\ \frac {\sin (45^\circ -x)}1 & = \frac {\sin 135^\circ}{\sqrt 2} \\ \sin (45^\circ -x) & = \frac 12 \\ 45^\circ -x & = 30^\circ \\ \implies x & = \boxed{15}^\circ \end{aligned}

Ajit Athle
Dec 23, 2018

Join B to D. From Quad ABCD, we see that <ADC=135°. Larger <ABC = 270°. Moreover, because Tr. ABC is isosceles with BA=BC, B lies on the perpendicular bisector of AC as also Larger <ABC = 270°=2*(<ADC). Then, B is the circumcentre of Tr. ADC and BD=BA=BC=AD. In other words, Tr. BAD is equilateral and hence 45°+x=60° or x=15°

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