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UKMT Senior Mathematical Challenge, 2015

Geometry Difficulty 3.0 AMC 10/12 Find the answer United Kingdom

A circle touches the sides of triangle PQRPQR at the points SS, TT and UU as shown. Also ∠PQR=α°\angle PQR = \alpha°, ∠PRQ=β°\angle PRQ = \beta° and ∠TSU=γ°\angle TSU = \gamma°. Which of the following gives γ\gamma in terms of α\alpha and β\beta?

(A) 12(α+β)\frac{1}{2}(\alpha+\beta) (B) 180−12(α+β)180 - \frac{1}{2}(\alpha+\beta) (C) 180−(α+β)180 - (\alpha+\beta) (D) α+β\alpha+\beta (E) 13(α+β)\frac{1}{3}(\alpha+\beta)

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