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You have the right answer. But can you explain you you arrived to D?
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A bit lengthy explanation...
So please draw it into a page or it'll be very confusing.

Let OB=OC=AB=R ;
Let OAB =y= BOA ;
So ABO = 180-2y
So OBC = 2y ; OBC is equilateral tringle so BCO=2y
IN OBC Angle BOC = 180-4y

Now from 1st COD = 60
So COA =180-60 =120
Or COA=BOC + BOA = 180-4y + y = 180 -3y = 120
3y =60
y =20


From 2nd BCO =40
We have find out that BCO =2y
So y =20

Thats what we need to know..
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You have the right answer. But can you explain you you arrived to D?
A bit lengthy explanation...
So please draw it into a page or it'll be very confusing.

Let OB=OC=AB=R ;
Let OAB =y= BOA ;
So ABO = 180-2y
So OBC = 2y ; OBC is equilateral tringle so BCO=2y
IN OBC Angle BOC = 180-4y

Now from 1st COD = 60
So COA =180-60 =120
Or COA=BOC + BOA = 180-4y + y = 180 -3y = 120
3y =60
y =20


From 2nd BCO =40
We have find out that BCO =2y
So y =20

Thats what we need to know..
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your explanation is perfect. this is exactly what you should be posting!

my only question is how do you know triangle BOC is equilateral. I solved it b/c it is isoceles; how are you making the jump that chord BC=r
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You have the right answer. But can you explain you you arrived to D?
A bit lengthy explanation...
So please draw it into a page or it'll be very confusing.

Let OB=OC=AB=R ;
Let OAB =y= BOA ;
So ABO = 180-2y
So OBC = 2y ; OBC is equilateral tringle so BCO=2y
IN OBC Angle BOC = 180-4y

Now from 1st COD = 60
So COA =180-60 =120
Or COA=BOC + BOA = 180-4y + y = 180 -3y = 120
3y =60
y =20


From 2nd BCO =40
We have find out that BCO =2y
So y =20

Thats what we need to know..

your explanation is perfect. this is exactly what you should be posting!

my only question is how do you know triangle BOC is equilateral. I solved it b/c it is isoceles; how are you making the jump that chord BC=r
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It is not........it is issoceles triangle 100..40..40
The explanation is ok just that the triangle is issoceles
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You have the right answer. But can you explain you you arrived to D?
A bit lengthy explanation...
So please draw it into a page or it'll be very confusing.

Let OB=OC=AB=R ;
Let OAB =y= BOA ;
So ABO = 180-2y
So OBC = 2y ; OBC is equilateral tringle so BCO=2y
IN OBC Angle BOC = 180-4y

Now from 1st COD = 60
So COA =180-60 =120
Or COA=BOC + BOA = 180-4y + y = 180 -3y = 120
3y =60
y =20


From 2nd BCO =40
We have find out that BCO =2y
So y =20

Thats what we need to know..

your explanation is perfect. this is exactly what you should be posting!

my only question is how do you know triangle BOC is equilateral. I solved it b/c it is isoceles; how are you making the jump that chord BC=r
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It is not........it is issoceles triangle 100..40..40
The explanation is ok just that the triangle is issoceles
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At this risk of muddying the waters and furthermore, just being flat-out wrong...
Can't we just do this one by falling back on the exterior angle rule, ie, the measure of an exterior angle is = to the measure of the two opposite interior angles? Lines BO, CO and DO are radii and thus the same length. AB is = to OC, so it's the same length as a radii. O to the left edge of the semicircle (point not named) is also a radii. So once you have the measure of any one of the angles within the semicircle, you can back it out through the figure to give you the proper angle measurements...or so I thought. I picked D immediately on this question and thought it was a "gimme". :oops:
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D.

Given AB=OC
You know that BO = OC
This means AB=BO=OC
Using the isso triangle property, you can say that
Angle BAO = Angle BOA

Using Line property, you also know that
(#2) Angle OBC = 2*BAO

Using isso triangle property, you can say that
Angle BCO = Angle OBC

This means that Angle COB = 180- 2*2*BAO
The final equation is:
BOA + 180 - 4*BOA + COD = 180
(#1) 180 -3*BOA + COD = 180

(1) is SUFFICIENT using (#1) equation
(2) is SUFFICIENT using (#2) equation
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You have the right answer. But can you explain you you arrived to D?
A bit lengthy explanation...
So please draw it into a page or it'll be very confusing.

Let OB=OC=AB=R ;
Let OAB =y= BOA ;
So ABO = 180-2y
So OBC = 2y ; OBC is equilateral tringle so BCO=2y
IN OBC Angle BOC = 180-4y

Now from 1st COD = 60
So COA =180-60 =120
Or COA=BOC + BOA = 180-4y + y = 180 -3y = 120
3y =60
y =20


From 2nd BCO =40
We have find out that BCO =2y
So y =20

Thats what we need to know..

your explanation is perfect. this is exactly what you should be posting!

my only question is how do you know triangle BOC is equilateral. I solved it b/c it is isoceles; how are you making the jump that chord BC=r
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BOC is isoceles not equilateral. Sorry it was typo..



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