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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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re: Hints ! like answer !

| Comment 33 of 59 |

(In reply to Hints ! like answer ! by vohonam)

Perhaps I am a bit obtuse. I just don't see how drawing a bisectrix of C helps us prove that C = 4*A...

Perhaps someone can explain it to me... (Let's say that this line intersects AB at some point F)

Posted by levik on 2002-06-20 16:25:00

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