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Geometry Difficulty 5.2 AIME, harder Prove it United States

Problem:

Convex quadrilateral ABCDABCD satisfies CAB=ADB=30\angle CAB = \angle ADB = 30^{\circ}, ABD=77\angle ABD = 77^{\circ}, BC=CDBC = CD, and BCD=n\angle BCD = n^{\circ} for some positive integer nn. Compute nn.

Solution

Solution:

Let OO be the circumcenter of ABD\triangle ABD. From ADB=30\angle ADB = 30^{\circ}, we get that AOB\triangle AOB is equilateral. Moreover, since BAC=30\angle BAC = 30^{\circ}, we have that ACAC bisects BAO\angle BAO, and thus must be the perpendicular bisector of BOBO. Therefore, we have CB=CD=COCB = CD = CO, so CC is actually the circumcenter of BDO\triangle BDO. Hence,
BCD=2(180BOD)=2(1802BAD)=2(180146)=68 \begin{aligned} \angle BCD & = 2\left(180^{\circ} - \angle BOD\right) \\ & = 2\left(180^{\circ} - 2 \angle BAD\right) \\ & = 2\left(180^{\circ} - 146^{\circ}\right) = 68^{\circ} \end{aligned}

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