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Measure that angle (Posted on 2002-06-18) Difficulty: 5 of 5
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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    Solution re(2): Hints ! like answer ! | Comment 34 of 59 |
    (In reply to re: Hints ! like answer ! by levik)

    We will prove Triangle DEF = Triangle FEC (we have DE=EC, and common line of both triangle is FE)
    Step 1: (only prove angle FEC = angle DEF)
    now we have triangle FEC= Triangle FBC because
    BC=EC, common line is FC, and angle BCF= angle FCE as CF is a bisectrix of C
    so we will have angle FBC=angle FEC.
    besides : we have angle A = angle DEA
    Angle A + Angle B + angle C = 180 = Angle DEA +Angle DEF +angle FEC
    ==> angle DEF= Angle B= Angle C=FEC
    So now we have triangle DEF= triangle FEC
    ==>angle FDE= angle FCE=1/2 angle C as CF is a bisectrix of C
    also we have FDE=2 angle A
    ===>B=C=4A==>A=20
      Posted by vohonam on 2002-06-20 17:07:07

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