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Geometry Level 4

Find angle EFD also marked a s angle x


The answer is 30.

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2 solutions

Consider the diagram.

B D A = 180 20 60 50 = 50 \angle BDA=180-20-60-50=50

A E B = 180 60 30 50 = 40 \angle AEB=180-60-30-50=40

Since A D B = D B A = 50 \angle ADB=\angle DBA=50 , A D B \triangle ADB is isosceles with A D = A B AD=AB .

Let A D = A B = 1 AD=AB=1 .

Apply sine law on A E B \triangle AEB .

A E sin 80 = 1 sin 40 \dfrac{AE}{\sin 80}=\dfrac{1}{\sin 40} \implies A E 1.532 AE \approx 1.532

Appy cosine law on A D E \triangle ADE .

( D E ) 2 = 1 2 + 1.53 2 2 2 ( 1 ) ( 1.532 ) ( cos 20 ) (DE)^2=1^2+1.532^2-2(1)(1.532)(\cos 20) \implies D E 0.684 DE \approx 0.684

Apply sine law on A D E \triangle ADE .

sin x 1 = sin 20 0.684 \dfrac{\sin x}{1}=\dfrac{\sin 20}{0.684}

x = sin 1 0.5 = x=\sin^{-1}0.5= 3 0 \boxed{30^\circ}

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I did not used the original figure but I used the correct angles.

Aeb is not 40 beacause dab is not 80 it ia 60...look at lower left arrow. Eab is 40 thus aeb is 60

Greg Grapsas - 3 years, 6 months ago
Carlos Victor
Oct 19, 2015

Observe that angle(BEC)=50°, angle(BDC)=40° and BE=BC. Take the point "F" on DC, such that angle(CBF)=20°. Observe that the triangle BFC is isosceles with BC=BF. Then BF=BE with angle(EBF)=60°, and the triangle BEF is equilateral. As the angle(BDC)=40°, then the triangle BFD is isosceles, so BF=FD, and since EF=BF=BE then DF=EF. The angle(EFD)=40° since angle(BFC)=80°, and the triangle EFD is isosceles; so angle(EDF)=70° and we will angle(EDB)= 30°.

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