Subtract the angles

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There is a circle (circumcentre: O O ; circumference: k k ). On k k a random point A A is picked. Now, the point B B is the furthest point from the point A A and it lies on k k . Point C C is picked and has the following properties:

C k C \in k and A B = 2 × B C AB = 2 \times BC

After all this, a completely random point X X is picked from k k . Find the value of B X C \angle BXC .

Important : Since there are two answers (one is α \alpha and the other one is β \beta ), solution shall be α β |\alpha - \beta| (in degrees).


The answer is 120.

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1 solution

Milan Milanic
Jan 14, 2016

Solution:

A B AB is in fact diameter for the given circle. So, the segment B C BC has the length of r r and B C A = 90 ° \angle BCA = 90° . Length of A C AC can be found using Pythagora's theorem and A C = r 3 AC = r\sqrt{3} . It is obvious by now, that A B C \triangle ABC is a half of an equilateral triangle. Therefore, A B C = 60 ° \angle ABC = 60° and B A C = 30 ° \angle BAC = 30° . Since B X C \angle BXC and B A C \angle BAC have the common segment B C BC then B X C = B A C 180 ° B A C \angle BXC = \angle BAC \vee 180° - \angle BAC . Thus, solution is 180 ° 2 × B A C = 120 ° 180° - 2 \times \angle BAC = 120° .

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