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Angle Chasing: all problems

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Problem 23.5.1

In the adjoining figure, ABCDABCD is a square, ABEABE is an equilateral triangle and point EE is outside square ABCDABCD. What is the measure of ∠AED\angle AED in degrees?

Problem 23.5.2

AMC 8

In quadrilateral ABCDABCD, sides AB‾\overline{AB} and BC‾\overline{BC} both have length 10, sides CD‾\overline{CD} and DA‾\overline{DA} both have length 17, and the measure of angle ADCADC is 60∘60^\circ. What is the length of diagonal AC‾\overline{AC}?

Problem 23.5.3

AMC 8

In △ABC\triangle ABC, DD is a point on side AC‾\overline{AC} such that BD=DCBD = DC and ∠BCD\angle BCD measures 70∘70^\circ. What is the degree measure of ∠ADB\angle ADB?

Problem 23.5.4

In the figure, point A is the center of the circle, the measure of angle RAS is 74∘74^\circ, and the measure of angle RTB is 28∘28^\circ. What is the measure of minor arc BR, in degrees?

Problem 23.5.5

AMC 8

The circumference of the circle with center OO is divided into 12 equal arcs, marked the letters AA through LL as seen below. What is the number of degrees in the sum of the angles xx and yy?

Problem 23.5.6

AMC 8

Two angles of an isosceles triangle measure 70∘70^\circ and x∘x^\circ. What is the sum of the different possible values of xx?

Problem 23.5.7

AMC 8

Two congruent circles centered at points AA and BB each pass through the other circle's center. The line containing both AA and BB is extended to intersect the circles at points CC and DD. The circles intersect at two points, one of which is EE. What is the degree measure of ∠CED\angle CED?

Problem 23.5.8

AMC 10

The keystone arch is an ancient architectural feature. It is composed of congruent isosceles trapezoids fitted together along the non-parallel sides, as shown. The bottom sides of the two end trapezoids are horizontal. In an arch made with 9 trapezoids, let xx be the angle measure in degrees of the larger interior angle of the trapezoid. What is xx?

Problem 23.5.9(additional)

In triangle ABC, AB = AC and ∠A=40∘\angle A = 40^\circ. The bisector from ∠B\angle B intersects AC at point D. What is ∠BDC\angle BDC?

Problem 23.5.10(additional)

EMCC

Point PP lies inside triangle ABCABC such that ∠PBC=30∘\angle PBC = 30^\circ and ∠PAC=20∘\angle PAC = 20^\circ. If ∠APB\angle APB is a right angle, find the measure of ∠BCA\angle BCA in degrees.

Problem 23.5.11(additional)

AMC 10/12

As shown in the figure below, point EE lies on the opposite half-plane determined by line CDCD from point AA so that ∠CDE=110∘\angle CDE = 110^\circ. Point FF lies on AD‾\overline{AD} so that DE=DFDE = DF, and ABCDABCD is a square. What is the degree measure of ∠AFE\angle AFE?

Problem 23.5.12(additional)

MATHCOUNTS

Concave quadrilateral ABCD is symmetric about the line AC. The measures of angles DAB and ABC are 84 degrees and 32 degrees, respectively. The dashed line segments bisect angles ABC and ADC. What is the degree measure of the acute angle at which the two dashed line segments intersect?

Problem 23.5.13(additional)

EMCC

In triangle ABCABC, ∠BAC\angle BAC is a right angle and ∠ACB\angle ACB measures 34∘34^\circ. Let DD be a point on segment BCBC for which AC=CDAC = CD, and let the angle bisector of ∠CBA\angle CBA intersect line ADAD at EE. What is the measure of ∠BED\angle BED?

Problem 23.5.14(additional)

EMCC

In square ABCD, point E lies on side BC and point F lies on side CD so that triangle AEF is equilateral and inside the square. Point M is the midpoint of segment EF, and P is the point other than E on AE for which PM = FM. The extension of segment PM meets segment CD at Q. What is the measure of ∠CQP\angle CQP, in degrees?