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Geometry Difficulty 3.0 AMC 10/12 Prove it Canada

A cyclic quadrilateral is a quadrilateral whose four vertices lie on some circle. In a cyclic quadrilateral, opposite angles add to 180180^{\circ}. In the diagram, ABCDABCD is a cyclic quadrilateral. Therefore, ABC+ADC=180=BAD+BCD\angle ABC+\angle ADC=180^{\circ}=\angle BAD+\angle BCD.Figure 0IMG1 In Figure A below, ABCDABCD is a cyclic quadrilateral.Figure 2If BAD=88\angle BAD=88^{\circ}, what is the value of uu?Figure 3 In Figure B, PQRSPQRS and STQRSTQR are cyclic quadrilaterals.Figure 4If STQ=58\angle STQ=58^{\circ}, what is the value of xx and what is the value of yy?Figure 5 In Figure C, JKLMJKLM is a cyclic quadrilateral with JK=KLJK=KL and JL=LMJL=LM.Figure 6If KJL=35\angle KJL=35^{\circ}, what is the value of ww?Figure 7 In Figure D, DEFGDEFG is a cyclic quadrilateral. FGFG is extended to HH, as shown.Figure 8If DEF=z\angle DEF=z^{\circ}, determine the measure of DGH\angle DGH in terms of zz.

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Since ABCDABCD is a cyclic quadrilateral, DCB+DAB=180°\angle DCB +\angle DAB= 180\degree or (2u)°+88°=180°(2u)\degree+88\degree=180\degree or 2u=922u=92 and so u=46u=46. Since STQRSTQR is a cyclic quadrilateral, SRQ+STQ=180°\angle SRQ +\angle STQ= 180\degree or x°+58°=180°x\degree+58\degree=180\degree and so x=122x=122. Since PQRSPQRS is a cyclic quadrilateral, SPQ+SRQ=180°\angle SPQ +\angle SRQ= 180\degree or y°+x°=180°y\degree+x\degree=180\degree or y+122=180y+122=180 and so y=58y=58. In JKL\triangle JKL, KJ=KLKJ=KL and so KLJ=KJL=35°\angle KLJ=\angle KJL=35\degree (JKL\triangle JKL is isosceles). In JKL\triangle JKL, JKL=180°2(35°)=110°\angle JKL=180\degree-2(35\degree)=110\degree. Since JKLMJKLM is a cyclic quadrilateral, JML+JKL=180°\angle JML +\angle JKL= 180\degree or JML+110°=180°\angle JML+110\degree=180\degree, and so JML=70°\angle JML=70\degree. In JLM\triangle JLM, LJ=LMLJ=LM and so MJL=JML=70°\angle MJL=\angle JML=70\degree (JLM\triangle JLM is isosceles). In JLM\triangle JLM, JLM=180°2(70°)=40°\angle JLM=180\degree-2(70\degree)=40\degree, and so w=40w=40. Solution 1 Since DEFGDEFG is a cyclic quadrilateral, DGF+DEF=180°\angle DGF +\angle DEF= 180\degree or DGF+z°=180°\angle DGF+z\degree=180\degree and so DGF=180°z°\angle DGF=180\degree-z\degree. Since FGHFGH is a straight angle, then DGF+DGH=180°\angle DGF+\angle DGH=180\degree or (180°z°)+DGH=180°(180\degree-z\degree)+\angle DGH=180\degree or DGH=180°180°+z°=z°\angle {DGH}=180\degree-180\degree+z\degree=z\degree. Solution 2 Since DEFGDEFG is a cyclic quadrilateral, DGF+DEF=180°\angle DGF +\angle DEF= 180\degree. Since FGHFGH is a straight angle, then DGF+DGH=180°\angle DGF+\angle DGH=180\degree. Therefore, DGF+DGH=DGF+DEF\angle DGF+\angle DGH=\angle DGF+\angle DEF, and so DGH=DEF=z°\angle DGH=\angle DEF=z\degree.

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