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Given the angle ABC equals 114. What is the angle BAD

Given the angle ABC equals 114. What is the angle BAD-example-1
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Answer:

A. 63°

Explanation:

You want to know the base angle in the isosceles triangle in the given figure.

Angle sum

Angle ABC is the sum of its parts:

∠ABC = ∠ABD +∠DBC

The figure shows ∆DBC is equilateral, so ∠DBC = 60°. This lets us solve for the measure of angle ABD:

114° = ∠ABD +60°

54° = ∠ABD

Base angle

∆ABD is isosceles, so the two base angles are congruent. The sum of angles in the triangle is 180°, so we have ...

∠ABD +∠BAD +∠BDA = 180°

54° +2(∠BAD) = 180° . . . . . . . ∠BAD =∠BDA

∠BAD = 90° -27° . . . . . . divide by 2, subtract 27°

∠BAD = 63°

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