Special angle?

Geometry Level 3

In a triangle A B C ABC , A \angle A is double the size of B . \angle B. Now, point D D is where the bisector of C \angle C meets A B AB . Interestingly, A C = B D AC=BD . If B = π N \angle B=\frac{\pi}{N} radians, then N = ? N=\boxed{?}


The answer is 5.

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1 solution

Noel Lo
Jul 11, 2017

Considering that angle A A is double the size of angle B B , we can bisect angle A A like we did for angle C C . Now suppose the angle bisector of angle A A meets B C BC at point E E such that angle A B C ABC = angle B A E BAE = angle C A E = x CAE=x where x x is the unknown angle. Considering that angle A B E ABE =angle B A E BAE , this tells us that A E = B E AE=BE . Next join point D D to E E :

Considering that A C = B D AC=BD as given in the question, A E = B E AE=BE as determined and angle C A E CAE = angle D B E DBE , we see that triangles A C E ACE and B D E BDE are congruent employing S A S SAS congruence. Now letting angle A C D ACD = angle B C D = y BCD=y , triangles A C E ACE and B D E BDE being congruent means C E = D E CE=DE therefore angle C D E CDE = angle D C E = y DCE=y . Moreover, angle B D E BDE = angle A C E ACE = angle A C D ACD + angle B C D = y + y = ( 1 + 1 ) y = 2 y BCD=y+y=(1+1)y=2y .

With angle B A C BAC being twice of angle A B C ABC , angle B A C = 2 x BAC=2x therefore we have:

A C D + D A C = B D C ACD+DAC=BDC

A C D + D A C = B D E + C D E ACD+DAC=BDE+CDE

y + 2 x = 2 y + y y+2x=2y+y

2 x = 2 y 2x=2y

x = y x=y

Considering triangle A B C ABC , we also have:

B A C + A B C + A C B = π BAC+ABC+ACB=\pi

2 x + x + 2 y = π 2x+x+2y=\pi

( 2 + 1 ) x + 2 y = π (2+1)x+2y=\pi

3 x + 2 y = π 3x+2y=\pi

Therefore with x = y x=y ,

3 x + 2 x = π 3x+2x=\pi

( 3 + 2 ) x = π (3+2)x=\pi

5 x = π 5x=\pi

x = π 5 x=\frac{\pi}{5}

= > N = 5 =>N=\boxed{5}

@Noel Lo your solution is quite good

however there is a much easier way to

solve this using law of sines

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