Geometry

Geometry Level 3

Find the measure of angle x x in degrees.


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The answer is 35.

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2 solutions

Marta Reece
Jan 23, 2018

O A P = 9 0 \angle OAP=90^\circ

A B P = B A P = 1 2 ( 18 0 7 0 ) = 5 5 \angle ABP=\angle BAP=\frac12(180^\circ-70^\circ)=55^\circ

O A B = O A P B A P = 9 0 5 5 = 3 5 \angle OAB=\angle OAP -\angle BAP=90^\circ-55^\circ=\boxed{35^\circ}

Relevant wiki: Tangent to Circles - Problem Solving

B A P \triangle BAP is isosceles since P A = P B PA=PB (Two tangents drawn from an external point are equal in lengths.)

Thus

P B A = P A B = 180 70 2 = 5 5 \angle PBA=\angle PAB=\dfrac{180-70}{2}=55^\circ

Consider quadrilateral B O A P BOAP . The sum of interior angles of a quadrilateral is 36 0 360^\circ .

Hence

B O A = 360 90 90 70 = 11 0 \angle BOA=360-90-90-70=110^\circ

Since B O A \triangle BOA is isosceles, we have

O A B = O B A = 180 110 2 = \angle OAB=\angle OBA=\dfrac{180-110}{2}= 3 5 \boxed{35^\circ}

Note:

The 13 6 136^\circ is not needed.

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