2002 AMC 12B Problems/Problem 5
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[hide]Problem
Let and be the degree measures of the five angles of a pentagon. Suppose that and and form an arithmetic sequence. Find the value of .
Solution
Solution 1
The sum of the degree measures of the angles of a pentagon (as a pentagon can be split into triangles) is . If we let , it follows that
Note that since is the middle term of an arithmetic sequence with an odd number of terms, it is simply the average of the sequence.
You can always assume the values are the same so
Solution 2
Let , , , , be , , , , , respectively. Then we have Dividing the equation by , we have
~ Nafer
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