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Geometry Difficulty 3.4 AMC 10/12 Find the answer Canada

In the diagram, point DD lies
on side BCBC of ABC\triangle ABC so that AB=AD=CDAB=AD=CD.

If ABC=80°\angle ABC = 80\degree, the
measure of ACD\angle ACD is

Pick one

Solutions — 2

Solution 1

Since AB=ADAB=AD, then ABD\triangle ABD is isosceles and ADB=ABD=80°\angle ADB=\angle ABD=80\degree.

Since BDC\angle BDC is a straight
angle, then $ADC=180°ADB=180°80°=100°$.\$\angle ADC=180\degree-\angle ADB=180\degree-80\degree=100\degree\$.

ADC\triangle ADC is also isosceles
(since AD=CDAD=CD), and so CAD=ACD\angle CAD=\angle ACD.

The sum of the angles in $\$\triangle
ADCis is 180°$,180\degree\$, and so
$ADC+CAD+ACD=180°\$\angle ADC+\angle CAD+\angle ACD=180\degreeor or 100°+2×ACD=180°$100\degree+2\times\angle ACD=180\degree\$
or 2×ACD=80°2\times\angle ACD=80\degree, and
so the measure of ACD\angle ACD is
40°40\degree.

Solution 2

ABD\triangle ABD is isosceles
with AB=ADAB=AD, and so ADB=ABD=80°\angle ADB=\angle ABD=80\degree. The
measure of BDC\angle BDC is 180°\degree since it is a straight angle.
Thus, $ADC=180°ADB=180°80°=100°$.\$\angle ADC=180\degree-\angle ADB=180\degree-80\degree=100\degree\$.

ADC\triangle ADC is isosceles with
AD=DCAD=DC, and so ACD=CAD\angle ACD=\angle CAD. The sum of the
three angles in ADC\triangle ADC is
180°180\degree, and so $ACD+CAD=180°ADC=180°100°=80°\$\angle ACD+\angle CAD=180\degree-\angle ADC=180\degree-100\degree=80\degree.Since. Since ACD+CAD=80°\angle ACD+\angle CAD=80\degreeand and ACD=\angle ACD=\angle CAD,then, then ACD=80°2=40°$.\angle ACD=\dfrac{80\degree}{2}=40\degree\$.

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