Let be a point inside regular pentagon such that and . Find , in degrees.
Solution
Since a regular pentagon has interior angles , we can compute , and . Now observe that drawing divides quadrilateral into equilateral triangle and isosceles triangle , where . That is, we get , where is the side length of the pentagon. Now triangles and are congruent (with angles ), so and . This means that triangles and are congruent (side-angle-side), so . Finally, we compute , meaning .
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