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Re: If A is the center of the circle shown above
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25 Feb 2012, 12:41
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If A is the center of the circle shown above (see attachment) and AB = BC = CD, What is the value of x?
A. 15 B. 30 C. 45 D. 60 E. 75
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Given that AB = BC = CD, also since AB is the radius then AB = AC = AD = radius, so we have that: AB = BC = CD = AC = AD, so basically we have two equilateral triangles ABC and ACD with common base of AC (ABC and ACD are mirror images of each other). Line segment BD cuts the angle ABC in half and since all angles in equilateral triangle equal to 60 degrees then x=60/2=30 degrees.
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27 Feb 2012, 08:42
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bunuel ,
how can we say that line segment BD cuts the angle ABC in half which property is this , can u expalin me? thanks
ABC and ACD are two equilateral triangles, which are mirror images of each other if you join vertices B and D, the segment BD must cut AC, the common base, in half. Which makes BD perpendicular bisector of AC --> so BO is a hight, median, and bisector of angle ABC (O being intersection point of BD and AC).
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27 Feb 2012, 08:43
This is a proper rhombus... and this is one of the property of rhombus... that they bisect the diagonals in half.. and the diagonals bisect the angles in half...
also Angle (DAC is 120 degree ) and Triangle DAC is an isosceles triangle.. with base BD... hence angle ABD is 30
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22 Jun 2014, 09:38
Bunuel wrote:
aakrity wrote:
we are given that AB=BC=CD AB is the radius of the circle, so AB=AD
This makes ABCD a square. Therefore, BD and AC are the diagonals of the square. Angle A, B, C, D = 90 and hence x=45
Why is this not considered that ABCD is a square?
ABCD is not a square it's a rhombus (the diagonals are not equal).
Bunnel,
So Diagonals are 'angle bisectors' both in a Rhombus (not congruent here) and a Square. But it's not the case in a rectangle where they are congruent and perpendicular bosectors alone. Is my understanding accurate? I've read that every point on an angle bisector is equidistant from both the adjacent sides. Is there any other way to identify whether a diagonal is also an angle bisector?
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22 Jun 2014, 15:55
Kconfused wrote:
Bunuel wrote:
aakrity wrote:
we are given that AB=BC=CD AB is the radius of the circle, so AB=AD
This makes ABCD a square. Therefore, BD and AC are the diagonals of the square. Angle A, B, C, D = 90 and hence x=45
Why is this not considered that ABCD is a square?
ABCD is not a square it's a rhombus (the diagonals are not equal).
Bunnel,
So Diagonals are 'angle bisectors' both in a Rhombus (not congruent here) and a Square. But it's not the case in a rectangle where they are congruent and perpendicular bosectors alone. Is my understanding accurate? I've read that every point on an angle bisector is equidistant from both the adjacent sides. Is there any other way to identify whether a diagonal is also an angle bisector?
Thank you
All is true, except that the diagonals in rectangle are no perpendicular to each other. They bisect each other but not at a right angle.
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22 Jun 2016, 22:37
What we know: 1) The figure is a rhombus (Diagonals are angular bisectors) 2) All lines extended from A are radii of the circle. Therefore, AB = BC = AC. This in turn makes ABC an equilateral triangle. Now you know angleABC is 60*.
As the figure is a rhombus and its diagonals bisect the angleABC, x = 30
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04 Mar 2018, 20:34
When i looked at the question for the first time, i had a thought if BC and CD refers to the length of the Arc and it requires me to use the Arc formula or sth like that..
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07 Mar 2018, 09:31
Triangle abc and triangle adc are both equilateral triangles therefore all their angles are 60 degrees each and the sum of all the 4 x's comes out to be 120 which when we divide by 4 gives us 30 degrees as answer which is option [B]
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