In
, the bisectors of
and
meet
and
at
and
respectively, and
. Find the value of
in degrees.
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You have one degree of freedom here. So, you can arbitrarily set the value of ∠ A or ∠ B . Let, ∠ A = 4 0 ∘ . Then, you can easily get ∠ A D E = 1 0 0 ∘ ; ∠ A E D = 4 0 ∘ . Now, consider the triangle ADE only. Imagine a bisector of ∠ A . In this bisector O is a point such that ∠ D O E = 9 0 ∘ + 2 ∠ A = 1 1 0 ∘ . Hence, O is the incenter. Now, let ∠ O D E = α . You have to find the α for which ∠ D O E = 1 1 0 ∘ . This can be a daunting task. I used coordinate geometry to find α = 3 0 ∘ . Finally, 2 ∠ C = 3 0 ∘ + α ∠ C = 1 2 0 ∘ [P.S. Curious mind wants to know how the problem setter devised this ingenious problem!]