A B C is an isosceles triangle with A B = B C and A C = B D = D A , where D is a point on B C .
What is ∠ A B C in degrees?
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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.
Why is <ACD that value?
Let
∠
A
C
B
=
∠
C
A
B
=
x
.
So
,
∠
A
D
C
=
∠
A
C
D
=
x
since
△
D
A
C
is isosceles.
∠
D
A
C
=
1
8
0
−
2
x
.
∠
A
D
B
=
1
8
0
−
x
.
So, since
△
B
D
A
is isosceles,
∠
D
B
A
=
∠
D
A
B
=
2
x
.
∠
B
A
C
=
∠
B
C
A
=
x
since
△
B
A
C
is isosceles.
∠
B
A
C
=
∠
B
A
D
+
∠
D
A
C
⇒
x
=
1
8
0
−
2
x
+
2
x
.
After solving this, we get
x
=
7
2
.
Therefore,
∠
A
B
C
=
2
x
=
2
7
2
=
3
6
.
Yay, just using isosceles triangles!
something gone wrong You have done - x/2 . It should be + x/2 . Just a simple mistake .
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thanks for the correction
Let pink angle measures X.
<BAD=X, <ADC=2X, <ACD=2X, <CAB=2X,
<A+<B+<C=5X=180. X=180/5=36
As A C = B D , we can clearly see that B C = 2 A C . Now, as △ A B C is isosceles, A B = 2 A C = 2 B D = 2 D A . So, we have got a △ A B D with sides in the ratio 2 : 1 , with A D = B D .
Hence, the angles of the △ A B D are x and 2 x . So,
x + 2 x + 2 x = 1 8 0 ⇒ x = 3 6 .
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Let ∠ A B C = θ .
Then ∠ B A D = θ , ∠ A D C = 2 θ and ∠ A C B = 2 θ .
Then, ∠ D A C = 1 8 0 ∘ − 4 θ , and so
2 θ = ∠ A C B = ∠ C A B = ∠ C A D + ∠ D A B = ( 1 8 0 ∘ − 4 θ ) + θ .
This gives us θ = 5 1 8 0 ∘ = 3 6 ∘ .