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Revision as of 10:43, 13 August 2014
Problem
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 
?
![[asy] unitsize(7mm); defaultpen(linewidth(.8pt)+fontsize(10pt)); dotfactor=4; real r=3; pair A=(-3cos(80),-3sin(80)); pair D=(3cos(80),3sin(80)), C=(-3cos(80),3sin(80)); pair O=(0,0), E=(-3,0), B=(3,0); path outer=Circle(O,r); draw(outer); draw(E--B); draw(E--A); draw(B--A); draw(E--D); draw(C--D); draw(B--C); pair[] ps={A,B,C,D,E,O}; dot(ps); label("$A$",A,N); label("$B$",B,NE); label("$C$",C,S); label("$D$",D,S); label("$E$",E,NW); label("$$",O,N); [/asy]](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/b/a/d/bad25a60446625a8eac18a0209ed3ab5d7c02eff.png)
Solution
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 
See Also
| 2011 AMC 10B (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | ||
| Preceded by Problem 16 |
Followed by Problem 18 | |
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| All AMC 10 Problems and Solutions | ||
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