2011 AMC 10B Problems/Problem 17
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In the given circle, the diameter is parallel to , and is parallel to . The angles and are in the ratio . What is the degree measure of angle ?
Solution 1
We can let be and be because they are in the ratio . When an inscribed angle contains the diameter, the inscribed angle is a right angle. Therefore by triangle sum theorem, and .
because they are alternate interior angles and . Opposite angles in a cyclic quadrilateral are supplementary, so . Use substitution to get
Note:
We could also tell that quadrilateral is an isosceles trapezoid because for and to be parallel, must fall in the center of the line going through the center of the circle and perpendicular to .
Solution 2
Note as before. The sum of the interior angles for quadrilateral is . Denote the center of the circle as . . Denote and . We wish to find . Our equation is . Our final equation becomes . After subtracting and dividing by , our answer becomes
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