Suspicious Quadrilateral

Geometry Level 4

In a quadrilateral A B C D ABCD , m C A D = 1 2 m C B D = 1 3 m B A C = 1 4 m A B D = 1 2 m\angle CAD = \dfrac{1}{2} m\angle CBD = \dfrac{1}{3} m\angle BAC = \dfrac{1}{4} m\angle ABD = 12^\circ . Find m A C D m\angle ACD .

Note : Illustration not necessarily drawn to scale.


The answer is 30.

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1 solution

Lemuel Liverosk
Jul 24, 2016

Construct equilateral A C F \triangle ACF . C D \overleftrightarrow{CD} intersects A F \overline{AF} at E E .

m C A F = 60 ° m\angle CAF = 60° m D A F = 48 ° = m D A B m\angle DAF = 48° = m\angle DAB

m C A B = 36 ° m\angle CAB = 36° , m A B C = 72 ° m\angle ABC = 72° m A C B = 72 ° = m A B C m\angle ACB = 72° = m\angle ABC A B = A C = A F AB = AC = AF ( A C = A F AC = AF because of equilateral A C F \triangle ACF )

A B D A F D ( S . A . S . ) \triangle ABD \cong \triangle AFD\ (S.A.S.)

m B A D = m A B D m\angle BAD = m\angle ABD A D = B D AD = BD A D = F D AD = FD

A D = F D AD = FD and A C = F C AC = FC C E \overline{CE} is the bisector of A C F \angle ACF m A C D = 30° m\angle ACD = \fbox{30°}

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