2009 AMC 10B Problems/Problem 9
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Segment and intersect at , as shown, , and . What is the degree measure of ?
Solution
is isosceles, hence .
The sum of internal angles of can now be expressed as , hence , and each of the other two angles is .
Now we know that .
Finally, is isosceles, hence each of the two remaining angles ( and ) is equal to .
Video Solution
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