2015 AIME I Problems/Problem 6
Problem
Point 
and 
are equally spaced on a minor arc of a cirle. Points 
and 
are equally spaced on a minor arc of a second circle with center 
as shown in the figure below. The angle 
exceeds 
by 
. Find the degree measure of 
.
![[asy] pair A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H,I,O; O=(0,0); C=dir(90); B=dir(70); A=dir(50); D=dir(110); E=dir(130); draw(arc(O,1,50,130)); real x=2*sin(20*pi/180); F=x*dir(228)+C; G=x*dir(256)+C; H=x*dir(284)+C; I=x*dir(312)+C; draw(arc(C,x,200,340)); label("$A$",A,dir(0)); label("$B$",B,dir(75)); label("$C$",C,dir(90)); label("$D$",D,dir(105)); label("$E$",E,dir(180)); label("$F$",F,dir(225)); label("$G$",G,dir(260)); label("$H$",H,dir(280)); label("$I$",I,dir(315));[/asy]](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/d/0/9/d09d2462dec1d60eaa6947ab799ce506fb914c99.png)
Solution
Let O be the center of the circle with ABCDE on it. Let x=ED=DC=CB=BA and y=EF=FG=GH=HI=IA.
is therefore 5y by way of circle C and 180-2x by way of circle O.
is 180-3x/2 by way of circle O, and is 180-3y/2 by way of circle C.
This means that 180-3x/2=180-3y/2+12, which when simplified yields 3x/2+12=3y/2, or x+8=y.
Since 5y=180-2x,
5x+40=180-2x
7x=140
x=20
y=28.
is equal to 
+ 
, which equates to 3x/2+y.
Plugging in yields 30+28, or 058
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