In the isosceles triangle ABC, , . Find the measure of angle in degrees.
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Since we are only interested in angles, we can arbitrarily set the length of the red segments to 1 .
In parallelogram F E G C this will give us G C = F E = 2 1 .
From △ A B G the full side A B = 2 sin 1 0 ∘ 1 = 2 . 8 7 9 and the section of it in the middle D H = 2 . 8 7 9 − 2 = 0 . 8 7 9
Projection of this section into the vertical D F = 0 . 8 7 9 × cos 1 0 ∘ = 0 . 8 6 6
From right △ D F E the ∠ F D E = arctan D F E F = 3 0 ∘
To get desired angle, we add the ∠ F D H = 1 0 ∘ and get 3 0 ∘ + 1 0 ∘ = 4 0 ∘ .
The really interesting result is obtained when we calculate the length of D E = cos 3 0 ∘ 0 . 8 6 6 = 1 .
A line made of four equal segments attached by flexible joints will fold perfectly into a narrow isosceles triangle with the top angle of 2 0 ∘ .