2007 AMC 12A Problems/Problem 6
- The following problem is from both the 2007 AMC 12A #6 and 2007 AMC 10A #8, so both problems redirect to this page.
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Triangles and are isosceles with and . Point is inside triangle , angle measures 40 degrees, and angle measures 140 degrees. What is the degree measure of angle ?
Solution 1
We angle chase and find out that:
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Solution 2
Since triangle is isosceles we know that angle .
Also since triangle is isosceles we know that .
This implies that .
Then the sum of the interior angles of quadrilateral is .
Solving the equation, we get .
Therefore the answer is .
Solution 3
Using the previous drawing we know that ACD and DAC are both equal to 20 (40/2 or (180-40)/2). We also know that BAC and BCA are both 70 or (180-40)/2. Thus BDA is 70-20 or 50. Easy. -RealityWrites
See also
2007 AMC 12A (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | |
Preceded by Problem 5 |
Followed by Problem 7 |
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All AMC 12 Problems and Solutions |
2007 AMC 10A (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | ||
Preceded by Problem 7 |
Followed by Problem 9 | |
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All AMC 10 Problems and Solutions |
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