Many Isosceles

Geometry Level 2

A B C ABC is an isosceles triangle with A B = B C AB = BC and A C = B D = D A AC=BD = DA , where D D is a point on B C . BC.

What is A B C \angle ABC in degrees?


The answer is 36.

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4 solutions

Let A B C = θ \angle ABC = \theta .
Then B A D = θ \angle BAD = \theta , A D C = 2 θ \angle ADC = 2 \theta and A C B = 2 θ \angle ACB = 2 \theta .
Then, D A C = 18 0 4 θ \angle DAC = 180^\circ - 4 \theta , and so
2 θ = A C B = C A B = C A D + D A B = ( 18 0 4 θ ) + θ 2 \theta = \angle ACB = \angle CAB = \angle CAD + \angle DAB = (180^\circ - 4 \theta) + \theta .
This gives us θ = 18 0 5 = 3 6 \theta = \frac{ 180^\circ } { 5 } = 36 ^ \circ .


Nice solution. I almost did it the same way. Instead of using angle D as outercorner to triangle ADB, I used that triangle ACD is equivalent to triangle BCA. Leads to 5B = 180 too.

Peter van der Linden - 4 years, 7 months ago

Why is <ACD that value?

Gabriel Souza - 4 years, 5 months ago
Ayush G Rai
Oct 27, 2016

Let A C B = C A B = x . \angle ACB=\angle CAB=x.
So , A D C = A C D = x ,\angle ADC=\angle ACD=x since D A C \triangle DAC is isosceles. D A C = 180 2 x . A D B = 180 x . \angle DAC=180-2x.\angle ADB=180-x.
So, since B D A \triangle BDA is isosceles, D B A = D A B = x 2 . B A C = B C A = x \angle DBA=\angle DAB=\dfrac{x}{2}.\angle BAC=\angle BCA=x since B A C \triangle BAC is isosceles.
B A C = B A D + D A C x = 180 2 x + x 2 . \angle BAC=\angle BAD+\angle DAC\Rightarrow x=180-2x+\dfrac{x}{2}. After solving this, we get x = 72. x=72.
Therefore, A B C = x 2 = 72 2 = 36 . \angle ABC=\dfrac{x}{2}=\dfrac{72}{2}=\boxed{36}.

Yay, just using isosceles triangles!

Calvin Lin Staff - 4 years, 7 months ago

something gone wrong You have done - x/2 . It should be + x/2 . Just a simple mistake .

Vishwash Kumar ΓΞΩ - 4 years, 7 months ago

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thanks for the correction

Ayush G Rai - 4 years, 6 months ago

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Oh, no thanks

Vishwash Kumar ΓΞΩ - 4 years, 6 months ago
Angel Krastev
Dec 26, 2016

Let pink angle measures X.

<BAD=X, <ADC=2X, <ACD=2X, <CAB=2X,

<A+<B+<C=5X=180. X=180/5=36

Aaryan Maheshwari
Jun 15, 2017

As A C = B D AC=BD , we can clearly see that B C = 2 A C BC=2AC . Now, as A B C \bigtriangleup\space ABC is isosceles, A B = 2 A C = 2 B D = 2 D A AB=2AC=2BD=2DA . So, we have got a A B D \bigtriangleup\space ABD with sides in the ratio 2 : 1 2:1 , with A D = B D AD=BD .

Hence, the angles of the A B D \bigtriangleup\space ABD are x x and 2 x 2x . So,

x + 2 x + 2 x = 180 x = 36 x+2x+2x\space =\space 180\space \Rightarrow\space x\space =\space 36 .

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