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Geometry Level 3

A teacher wanted to test everyone's geometric proofing skills. Apparently, while the teacher was away, Elf bravely brought out a protractor and measured one of the angles of the circle drawn in the blackboard as shown below.

He wanted to measure \angle A D B ADB but the teacher went back into the room swiftly. He got back to his seat and he was not caught but he felt uncontended.

It's time for you to solve this problem. What could be the measure of that angle?

2 5 25^\circ 27. 5 27.5^\circ 3 0 30^\circ 37. 5 37.5^\circ There is insufficient evidence

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2 solutions

John Bryan Galiza
Feb 19, 2021

Let's make up a proof.

PROOF 1 (My approach)

FIRST , B O C \angle{BOC} is a supplement of B O E \angle{BOE} . We know that supplementary angles have their measurements total up to 18 0 180^{\circ} . Furthermore, alone, E O C \angle{EOC} measures 18 0 180^{\circ} . Therefore, m B O C + m B O E = 18 0 m\angle{BOC}+m\angle{BOE}=180^{\circ} . Since m B O C = 10 5 m\angle{BOC}=105^{\circ} , then we should subtract it from 18 0 180^{\circ} : 18 0 10 5 = 7 5 180^{\circ}-105^{\circ}=75^{\circ} m B O E \Rightarrow m\angle{BOE}

SECOND , line A D AD \parallel line B O BO . Since line A D AD \parallel line B O BO , then we can also conclude that m A F E = m B O E = 7 5 m\angle{AFE}=m\angle{BOE}=75^{\circ} and m A F C = m B O C = 10 5 m\angle{AFC}=m\angle{BOC}=105^{\circ} , as shown in the images below:

THIRD , extend line A D AD beyond the circle. After that, draw a tangent line that is parallel to line E C EC . We call this tangent line as line X Y XY .

Notice that the measurements depicted in the section of line E C EC equals the measurements formed on the section of line X Y XY . Then, by the application of the fact that "opposite angles have the same measurements," we can now find the m A D B m\angle{ADB} . .

Hence, the answer is 3 0 \boxed{30^{\circ}} .

PROOF 2

Another way to settle up a proof is by using the exterior angle property of triangles .

E O B = 18 0 10 5 = 7 5 \angle{EOB}=180^{\circ}-105^{\circ}=75^{\circ} (linear pair).

Then, D B O = 10 5 7 5 = 3 0 \angle{DBO}=105^{\circ}-75^{\circ}=\boxed{30^{\circ}} (By exterior property of triangles).

*Note: A D B \angle{ADB} and D B O \angle{DBO} are co-interior angles.

How do you know that AD || BO?

David Vreken - 3 months, 2 weeks ago

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I think we were supposed to figure that out from the diagram by ourselves, but even with that the solution is wrong (he has incorrectly used sum of interior angles equal exterior angle)

Jason Gomez - 3 months, 2 weeks ago

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The diagram supposes those two lines are parallel (as literally shown). However, the problem is not well-amended with necessary information. You can also see the report I made for this problem.

Michael Huang - 3 months, 2 weeks ago
Gerard Boileau
Feb 24, 2021

In fact, supposing that AD // BO, <ADB can be anything between 0° (A on B) and 37.5° (A on E).

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