Where's the Letter C?

Geometry Level 4

We have a quadrilateral D E F G DEFG inscribed in a semicircle with center H H such that point G G is on the diameter A B AB of the semicircle and at the same time line F G FG is perpendicular to A B AB . Suppose that 2 F G = D E = E F 2FG=DE=EF . Find the measure of G D E \angle GDE in degrees.

  • Image Credit: Sir Trevor Arashiro

  • The picture is only there to aid you, not all the letters are placed there

  • Point D D coincides with either Point A A or B B


The answer is 54.

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2 solutions

Joel Tan
Oct 19, 2014

Reflect the entire figure around the diameter of the semicircle.

Then suppose F F was reflected to F F' . F F = 2 F G = D E = E F FF'=2FG=DE=EF .

Since all five sides of the polygon obtained are equal and it is in a circle, it means that we have a regular pentagon. The interior angle of a regular pentagon is 108 ° 108° . Half of that is the angle we want to find which is 54 ° 54° .

i did it same way using symmetry !

will jain - 6 years, 7 months ago
Kartica Modi
Nov 24, 2014

use symmetry. reflect the figure around the diameter of the circle

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