Two congruent isosceles triangles and share the side , , and their incircles are tangent to each other. Find the angle in degrees.
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Also R + x = 2 1 and x R = t a n ( α ). So we have t a n ( α ) R + R = 2 1 . This will give us R = 2 ( s i n ( α ) + c o s ( α ) ) s i n ( α )
Setting the two expressions for R equal to each other, we get 1 + s i n ( α ) c o s ( α ) = 2 ( s i n ( α ) + c o s ( α ) ) 1 .
Introducing y = s i n ( α ) we can write this equation as 1 + y 1 − y 2 = 2 ( y + 1 − y 2 ) 1 .
The applicable solution is y = 0 . 7 7 5 6 9 , giving us α = 5 0 . 8 6 8 ∘
The ∠ A B C = ∠ B C D = 2 × α = 1 0 1 . 7 3 6 ∘ .