Three Angles and a Ratio

Geometry Level 4

ABCD is a cyclic quadrilateral in which A B = 1 2 B C , B C D = 7 5 AB=\frac{1}{2}BC, \angle BCD=75^\circ , and C D B = 6 0 \angle CDB=60^\circ . Find angle A B D \angle ABD , in degrees, to 2 decimal places.


The answer is 49.34.

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1 solution

Marta Reece
Feb 20, 2017

If O O is the center of the circle in which quadrangle A B C D ABCD is inscribed, then B O C = 12 0 \angle BOC=120^\circ and O B C = 3 0 \angle OBC=30^\circ . If we pick the radius of the circle to be 1, then B C = 2 × c o s ( 3 0 ) = 3 BC=2\times cos(30^\circ)=\sqrt{3} . Therefore A B = 3 2 AB=\frac{\sqrt{3}}{2} . Half of it is 3 4 \frac{\sqrt{3}}{4} , which gives us A B O = a r c c o s ( 3 4 ) 64.3 4 \angle ABO=arccos(\frac{\sqrt{3}}{4})\approx64.34^\circ . Since D B C = 18 0 6 0 7 5 = 4 5 \angle DBC=180^\circ-60^\circ-75^\circ=45^\circ . The angle we are searching for α = A B D \alpha=\angle ABD has to satisfy α + 4 5 = 64.3 4 + 3 0 \alpha+45^\circ=64.34^\circ+30^\circ so α = 49.3 4 \alpha=49.34^\circ .

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