Triangles ABC and BCD are each isosceles. If a = 40, what is the value

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https://gmatclub.com/forum/download/file.php?id=28482 Triangles ABC and BCD are each isosceles. If a = 40, what is the value of y? A. 40 B. 45 C. 50 D. 55 E. 60 Isosceles_Pair.png

Kurtosis · Answer

a = 40
a + 2x = 180 --> x = 70

x + 2y = 180 --> y = 55

Answer: D

Skywalker18 · Answer

In  	riangle  ABC ,
=> a +2x= 180
Since a=40
x= 70

In  	riangle  BCD,
=>x+2y =180
=>y=55

Answer D

Bunuel · Answer

VERITAS PREP OFFICIAL SOLUTION:

One extremely helpful tool that you’ll often find in your geometry toolkit is the presence of isosceles triangles. Here, once you’ve filled in 40 for angle a, you should notice that even though there are two angles remaining to solve for within triangle ABC, those two angles each equal the same thing. So since the sum of all three has to be 180, and angle a already accounts for 40, 2x has to equal the remaining 140. 2x = 140 means that x = 70. And then you get to use the same logic all over again. Within triangle BCD, you know that x = 70 and that the sum of the three angles must be 180. That means that 2y = 110, so y = 55, answer choice D.

vipulshahi · Answer

In Tri. ABC, 2x+a = 180 
2x = 180-40
2x = 140
x = 70

In Tri. BCD,
x+2y = 180
2y= 180-x
2y= 180-70
2y = 110
y = 55 (Ans)

Triangles ABC and BCD are each isosceles. If a = 40, what is the value

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