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Geometry Difficulty 4.7 AIME Prove it Philippines

Problem:

In parallelogram ABCDABCD, BAD=76\angle BAD = 76^{\circ}. Side ADAD has midpoint PP, and PBA=52\angle PBA = 52^{\circ}. Find PCD\angle PCD.

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Solution

Solution:

Note that BPA=1807652=52\angle BPA = 180^{\circ} - 76^{\circ} - 52^{\circ} = 52^{\circ}. Since PBA=52\angle PBA = 52^{\circ}, then BPA\triangle BPA is isosceles and AB=AP=PD|AB| = |AP| = |PD|. But AB=CD|AB| = |CD|, so by transitivity PD=CD|PD| = |CD| and therefore PCD\triangle PCD is also isosceles. Since CDA=18076=104\angle CDA = 180^{\circ} - 76^{\circ} = 104^{\circ}, then PCD=1801042=38\angle PCD = \frac{180^{\circ} - 104^{\circ}}{2} = 38^{\circ}.

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