Vertices and angles

Geometry Level 3

A B C D ABCD is a square and E E is its center. F F is chosen in order to create an equilateral triangle with B B and E . E. What is the measure (in degrees) of F A B ? \angle FAB?

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Points A , B , C , D A,B,C,D and F F all lie on a circle with center E E . As F A B \angle FAB and F E B \angle FEB are subtended by the same chord F B FB we then know from our knowledge of inscribed angles that

F A B = 1 2 F E B = 1 2 × 6 0 = 3 0 \angle FAB = \dfrac{1}{2} \angle FEB = \dfrac{1}{2} \times 60^{\circ} = \boxed{30^{\circ}} .

Comment: Let M M be the point of intersection of A B AB and E F EF . As E B M = 4 5 \angle EBM = 45^{\circ} we have that A M F = E M B = 7 5 \angle AMF = \angle EMB = 75^{\circ} , and so as F A B = 3 0 \angle FAB = 30^{\circ} we have that A M F = 7 5 \angle AMF = 75^{\circ} as well. Thus Δ A M F \Delta AMF is isosceles, which I thought was an outcome worth noting.

@Brian Charlesworth okay, Thank you!

Andrea Virgillito - 4 years, 3 months ago

I like your solution, but I didn't understand who M is, don't you mean P?

Andrea Virgillito - 4 years, 3 months ago

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Sorry, yes, for some reason I typed P P when I intended to type M M . I've made the edit so that the point is consistently M M now. :)

Nice question, by the way. I started off chasing angles until I realized I could look at it as a question on circles rather than squares. There are a couple of other ways of solving for F A B \angle FAB still using the circle approach, but the one I posted was the shortest.

Brian Charlesworth - 4 years, 3 months ago

@Brian Charlesworth I solved it by chasing angles, I really like when someone posts a solution that is different than mine.

Andrea Virgillito - 4 years, 3 months ago

@Brian Charlesworth How did you put the final answer (30 degrees) within a rectangle?

Andrea Virgillito - 4 years, 3 months ago

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Within the Latex bracketing, you type \boxed{30^{\circ}}, (where the ^{\circ} gives the degree notation). If you want to see how something is coded in Latex you can click on the three-dot icon at the lower-right corner of the question box and then choose the "Toggle LaTeX" option. To switch back after viewing the Latex coding you just choose "Toggle LaTeX" again.

Brian Charlesworth - 4 years, 3 months ago
Oleg Turcan
Feb 18, 2017

As we should know, any square can be inscribed inside a circle, in this case, of center in E E . Here E F E D \overline{EF} \cong \overline{ED} are radii of the circle and, therefore B A F \angle BAF is inscribed in the circle, enclosing the same arc as B E F \angle BEF , then: B E F = 2 B A F B A F = 3 0 \angle BEF = 2\cdot \angle BAF \Rightarrow \angle BAF = 30^{\circ}

Syed Hissaan
Feb 18, 2017

the image explains all ;

Rab Gani
Feb 13, 2017

Extend BF and EA, so that these two lines meet at a point G.FE=BE=AE, so we have isosceles triangle AFE. Angle EAF= 75, so angle FAB=30.

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