Example 1 As shown in Figure 1, in quadrilateral ABCD, AC and BD are diagonals, △ABC is an equilateral triangle, ∠ADC=30∘,AD=3,BD= 5. Then the length of CD is ( ). [1]
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Solve As shown in Figure 2, rotate CD clockwise around point C by 60∘ to get CE, and connect DE and AE. Then △CDE is an equilateral triangle. Since AC=BC, ==∠BCD∠BCA+∠ACD∠DCE+∠ACD=∠ACE,
Therefore, △BCD≅△ACE⇒BD=AE. Also, ∠ADC=30∘, so ∠ADE=90∘. In the right triangle △ADE, given AE=5,AD=3, we get DE=AE2−AD2=4⇒CD=DE=4. Hence, the answer is B.
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