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Measure that angle (Posted on 2002-06-18)

Given that:

ABC is an isosceles triangle in which

    AB = AC

The lengths of the following segmets are equal:

    AD
    DE
    EC
    BC

Find the measure of angle A.

See The Solution Submitted by vohonam

Rating: 4.2000 (20 votes)

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Hmmm...

| Comment 4 of 59 |

If you let AE and BD degenerate to zero length, you have an equilateral triangle, in which case angle A would be 60 degrees.

Posted by friedlinguini on 2002-06-18 04:20:22

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