Triangles Angles: Inside and Outside

Geometry Level 1

Three line segments A D , B E , C F AD, BE, CF intersect at a single point in the diagram at right.

Find the sum of the angles a + b + c + d + e + f a+b+c+d+e+f in degrees.

180 270 360 540

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14 solutions

Diogo Cavalcanti
May 18, 2014

Because they form triangles, ( a + b + 1 ) + ( c + d + 3 ) + ( e + f + 5 ) = 180 + 180 + 180 = 540. (a+b+1)+(c+d+3)+(e+f+5)=180+180+180=540.

Because they form a full circle, 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 = 360. 1+2+3+4+5+6=360.

By Vertical Angles , 1 = 4 , 1=4, 3 = 6 , 3=6, and 5 = 2. 5=2.

Thus, 2 ( 1 + 3 + 5 ) = 360 , 2(1+3+5)=360, so 1 + 3 + 5 = 180. 1+3+5 = 180. Applying this result to the first formula, we have a + b + c + d + e + f = 540 ( 1 + 3 + 5 ) = 540 180 = 360. a+b+c+d+e+f=540-(1+3+5) = 540-180=360.

Very nice experience of this question

Uttkarsh Singh - 5 years, 2 months ago
Manish Mayank
May 12, 2014

here (a+b)=angle 2+angle 3 (ext. angle = sum of opp. int angles) similarily (c+d) = angle 4+angle 5 and (e+f)= angle 6 +angle 1

now (a+b+c+d+e+f) = angle(1+2+3+4+5+6) = 360 (angle around a point)

yes i did it in the same way

Monarch Adlakha - 7 years ago
Amara Awan
May 15, 2014

i' did it in very intrusting way, don't know whether it is right or not :) where three lines are intersecting each other it is making center so sum of angles in a circle is 360 degrees and all others angles are also derived from those so sum of all a, b, c, d, e and f angles should be 360 :) ;)

By the picture, it can easily understand why a+b+c+d+e+f = 360 .

Gea Rini
May 14, 2014

just move the top triangle to the bottom between the both triangle ( wich e,f and c,d). after that, the shapes is trapezium. therefore, we can find the answer. a+b+c+d+e+f = 360, because the number of trapezium (totally) is 360

How do you form a trapezium? What do you mean by "move the top triangle"? Note that if the center is point O, then triangle ABO need not be similar to triangle OED. Also, CF need not be parallel to AB.

Calvin Lin Staff - 7 years ago

How can you it will be a trapezium??

Manish Mayank - 7 years ago
Paolo Colorado
Nov 1, 2016

i imagined it was a hexagon then i imagined again that there are 6 triangles so 3/6 to 1/2 then the sum of all angles in a hexagon is 720 then i divided it into 2 then came up with 360

Tião Ribeiro
Jan 23, 2016

The points ABCDEF form an irregular hexagon and the sum of the internal angles of it is 720 ((6-2)*180). As a+b+c+d+e+f equals half of the sum of the internal angles ....

Moderator note:

It's not clear what you're doing here. Can you explain the steps?

I think he is saying that,
Join A F , B C , E D AF, BC, ED . Now A B C D E F ABCDEF is an irregular hexagon.
Sum of its internal angles is 720 720 .
So a + b + c + d + e + f a+b+c+d+e+f will be 720 2 = 360 \dfrac{720}{2} = 360 .


Rezwan Arefin - 5 years, 2 months ago

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Yes, that is (one of) my understanding of "ABCDEF form an irregular hexagon".

But why must a+b+c+d+e+f be half of the internal angle? Note that It is not true that a a is half of B A F \angle BAF .

Calvin Lin Staff - 5 years, 2 months ago

It's not clear what you're doing here. Can you explain the steps?

Calvin Lin Staff - 5 years, 4 months ago

I let O O denote the point of concurrence.

In degree measure, F O E + E O D + D O C = 180 \angle FOE + \angle EOD + \angle DOC = 180

180 ( e + f ) + A O B + 180 ( c + d ) = 180 \implies 180-(e+f)+ \angle AOB + 180-(c+d) =180

180 ( e + f ) + 180 ( a + b ) + 180 ( c + d ) = 180 \implies 180-(e+f)+ 180-(a+b) + 180-(c+d) =180

180 + 180 + 180 180 = a + b + c + d + e + f \implies 180+180+180-180 = a+b+c+d+e+f

a + b + c + d + e + f = 360. \implies a+b+c+d+e+f = 360.

Refath Bari
Jun 10, 2017

Simple. We have 6 angles. 6/3 = 2 triangles. 2 triangles, each worth 180 degrees, contain a total of 360 degrees.

David Zak
Apr 11, 2017

New short solution: q + p = c + d (triangle external angle & opposite angle theorems)

Therefore a + b + c + d + e + f = 360 degrees (triangles OAB, OEF each total 180 degrees. O is intersection point) ...... Q.E.D.

Keith Johnson
Sep 29, 2016

Each inner angle is of the form 180-A-B (or the appropriate other angles) , as well as the reflected angle. That in turn gives you 360 = 2 (180-A-B) + 2 (180-C-D) + 2*(180-E-F) Solving that gives you 360 = A + B + C + D + E + F

Eric Chan
Mar 26, 2016

Using intrinsic nature of angles :

Consider putting an arrow(or a stick with something marked on one end) on A D AD .(Assume arrowhead is pointing A A )

Rotate it to A B AB about point A A . a \angle a is 'counted'.

Repeat the steps until all angles are 'counted'.

The arrowhead will be rotate by a 'circle' - pointing A A again - counting 36 0 360^ \circ

Harish Sasikumar
Nov 6, 2015

Let the centre point be O.

From the choices, the answer has to be a unique number (there is no option to select 'None of the above'). Hence the figure has to be TRUE FOR ANY 3 TRIANGLES.

Just arrange three EQUILATERAL triangles AOB, DOC, & EOF such that AD, BE & FC lie along a line.

Hence the sum is 60 x 6 = 360.

Mohamed Mahrous
May 21, 2014

each triangle is similar to others so each angel will equal 60 so f+e=a+b = c+d so 1 equal 3 equal 5 and because 5 = 2 3 = 6 and 1 = 4 by meeting the corner so 1=2=3=4=5=6= 60° so a+b+c+d+e+f equal 360 °

It's not necessarily true that the triangle are similar to each other. There is no reason why AB is parallel to CF (and similarly for the other pairs of lines), which is what you need for similarity. It's not necessarily true that each angle is equal to 60.

Calvin Lin Staff - 7 years ago

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