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In the figure, ABCD is a square and BCP is an equilateral triangle. What is the measure of x ?
(A) 7.5
(B) 15
(C) 30
(D) 45
(E) 60
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#GREpracticequestion In the figure, ABCD is a square.jpg
Since PC = DC, we see that triangle PCD is an isosceles triangle. We see that angle PCD = 60 + 90 = 150 degrees. Using triangle PCD, we have:
2y + 150 = 180
2y = 30
y = 15
So angle DPC = 15 degrees, and we can see that angle BPA = 15 degrees. Since angle BPC = 60 degrees, then angle APD, or x, is 60 - 2(15) = 30 degrees.
Answer: C
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How do we know that PC = DC?
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Since ABCD is a square, all the sides have equal length. Since BCP is an equilateral triangle, all sides of BCP have equal length as well. Finally, since one side of ABCD and BCP are common, all sides of the square and the triangle BCP have equal length. Since PC is a side of BCP and and DC is a side of the square, they have equal length.
If that was hard to follow, you can start labeling the lengths of the sides of the square, say all sides have length l. Then, continue labeling the lengths of the sides of the equilateral triangle. In the end, you'll see that both PC and DC are labeled l.