Original problem

Geometry Level 4

In the figure above, B C = B A BC=BA , B A = A D BA=AD , and A D B C AD\perp BC . In degrees, find A D B + B A C \angle ADB +\angle BAC .


The answer is 135.

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2 solutions

Refaat M. Sayed
Nov 28, 2015

We have B A = B C BA=BC , B A = A D BA=AD . Then A B C \triangle ABC , A B D \triangle ABD are Equilateral triangles. So A B D \angle ABD = A D B \angle ADB and B A C \angle BAC = B C A \angle BCA And we have B A F \triangle BAF , A F C \triangle AFC , B F D \triangle BFD are Right-angle triangles in F \angle F Then we have F A C \angle FAC + A C B \angle ACB =90, B A F \angle BAF + A B C \angle ABC =90, F B D \angle FBD + B D A \angle BDA =90... adding them together to have F A C + A C B + B A F + A B C + F B D + B D A = 90 + 90 + 90 \angle FAC+\angle ACB+ \angle BAF+\angle ABC+ \angle FBD+\angle BDA=90+90+90 And we know that A B D = A B C + F B D \angle ABD=\angle ABC +\angle FBD and B A C = F A C + B A F \angle BAC=\angle FAC+\angle BAF So 2 B A C + 2 B D A = 270 2\angle BAC+2\angle BDA=270 Because A B D = A D B , B A C = B C A \angle ABD=\angle ADB, \angle BAC=\angle BCA And finally we get B A C + B D A = 135 \angle BAC+\angle BDA = \boxed{135}

Sir @Michael Mendrin . Here is my solution.... If I am not mistaken it will work in general case also.. or could you please add more explanation Sir?

Refaat M. Sayed - 5 years, 6 months ago

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"Then A B C \triangle ABC , A B D \triangle ABD are Equilateral triangles."

Don't you mean Isosceles Triangles? If they're already known as equilateral triangles, then the proof is trivial.

Michael Mendrin - 5 years, 6 months ago
Michael Mendrin
Nov 27, 2015

In the special case of equilateral triangle ABC, the sum would be 60 + 1 2 ( 180 30 ) = 135 60 + \dfrac{1}{2}(180-30)=135

Proving this in the general case is another matter.

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