CEMC Euclid, 2004

Geometry Difficulty 3.0 AMC 10/12 Prove it Canada

In the diagram, $AC=BC$ , $AD=7$ , $DC=8$ , and $\angle ADC=120°$ . What is the value of $x$ ?

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