P is inside triangle A B C such that ∠ P A B = 1 0 ∘ , ∠ P B A = 2 0 ∘ , ∠ P C A = 3 0 ∘ , and ∠ P A C = 4 0 ∘ . Find ∠ P C B in degrees.
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Let ∠ P C B = θ . We note that ∠ C P A = 1 8 0 ∘ − 3 0 ∘ − 4 0 ∘ = 1 1 0 ∘ and ∠ B P A = 1 8 0 ∘ − 1 0 ∘ − 2 0 ∘ = 1 5 0 ∘ , therefore, ∠ B P C = 3 6 0 ∘ − 1 1 0 ∘ − 1 5 0 ∘ = 1 0 0 ∘ and ∠ C B P = 1 8 0 ∘ − 1 0 0 ∘ − θ = 8 0 ∘ − θ . Now we can find θ using sine rule on △ C B P as follows:
B P sin θ = C P sin ( 8 0 ∘ − θ )
We only need to find B P and C P . Let A C = 1 . By sine rule:
sin 4 0 ∘ C P ⟹ C P sin 1 0 ∘ B P ⟹ B P = sin 1 1 0 ∘ 1 = sin 1 1 0 ∘ sin 4 0 ∘ = sin 2 0 ∘ A P = sin 1 1 0 ∘ sin 2 0 ∘ sin 3 0 ∘ sin 1 0 ∘ Note that A P = sin 1 1 0 ∘ sin 3 0 ∘
Now we have:
B P sin θ sin θ sin θ sin θ sin θ 4 sin 4 0 ∘ sin θ ⟹ tan θ ⟹ θ = C P sin ( 8 0 ∘ − θ ) = C P B P sin ( 8 0 ∘ − θ ) = sin 1 1 0 ∘ sin 2 0 ∘ sin 3 0 ∘ sin 1 0 ∘ × sin 4 0 ∘ sin 1 1 0 ∘ ( sin 8 0 ∘ cos θ − cos 8 0 ∘ sin θ ) = sin 1 1 0 ∘ sin 2 0 ∘ sin 3 0 ∘ sin 1 0 ∘ × sin 4 0 ∘ sin 1 1 0 ∘ ( sin 8 0 ∘ cos θ − cos 8 0 ∘ sin θ ) = 4 sin 4 0 ∘ cos θ − 4 sin 4 0 ∘ tan 1 0 ∘ sin θ = cos θ − tan 1 0 ∘ sin θ = 4 sin 4 0 ∘ + tan 1 0 ∘ 1 = 4 sin 2 0 ∘ sin 4 0 ∘ + sin 2 0 ∘ tan 1 0 ∘ sin 2 0 ∘ = 2 ( cos 2 0 ∘ − cos 6 0 ∘ ) + 2 sin 1 0 ∘ cos 1 0 ∘ × cos 1 0 ∘ sin 1 0 ∘ sin 2 0 ∘ = 2 cos 2 0 ∘ − 1 + 2 sin 2 1 0 ∘ sin 2 0 ∘ = 2 cos 2 0 ∘ − cos 2 0 ∘ sin 2 0 ∘ = tan 2 0 ∘ = 2 0 ∘
C P = 1 . Law of sines in A P C is a = sin ( 3 0 ) sin ( 4 0 ) 1
Angles easy to obtain are listed in image. SetLaw of sines in A P B gives b = sin ( 1 0 ) sin ( 2 0 ) a = sin ( 2 0 ) sin ( 1 0 ) sin ( 4 0 ) sin ( 3 0 ) = 0 . 3 9 4 9 3
Law of cosines in C P B gives us c = b 2 + 1 − 2 b cos ( 1 0 0 ) = 1 . 1 3 7 1 6
Law of sines in C P B finally results in ∠ B C P = arccos ( 2 c 1 + c 2 − b 2 ) = 2 0 ∘
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Let D be the reflection of A accross the line B P . Then ∠ A P B = 1 8 0 − ( 1 0 + 2 0 ) = 1 5 0 . Since D is a reflection of A accross the line B P , ∠ P B D = ∠ P B A = 2 0 , ∠ B P D = ∠ B P A = 1 5 0 and ∠ P D B = ∠ P A B = 1 0 . Therefore, ∠ A P D = 3 6 0 − ∠ B P D − ∠ B P A = 3 6 0 − 1 5 0 − 1 5 0 = 6 0 . Since A P = P D , triangle A P D is an equilateral triangle. Since ∠ B A C = 5 0 and ∠ A B D = 4 0 , B D is perpendicular to A C . Let E be the intersection of B D and A C . ∠ P E D = 1 8 0 − ∠ C E D = 1 8 0 − ( 9 0 − 3 0 ) = 1 2 0 . And so ∠ P E D + ∠ D A P = 1 8 0 . We conclude that quadrilateral A P E D is a cyclic, and therefore ∠ D E A = ∠ D P A = 6 0 . Since ∠ A E D = ∠ C E D = 6 0 and B D is perpendicular to A C , we conclude that A B = B C . That means that ∠ A C B = 5 0 . Finally. ∠ P C B = 5 0 − 3 0 = 2 0 .