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geometry junior

Problem

A bridge is built by suspending a plank of wood between two triangular wedges with equal heights, as in the following diagram:
problem
If and and we have and then what is ?
Solution
There are several ways to proceed, and here is one. Since and are both isosceles, it should be easy to find that and Now, connect and :

Since the two triangular wedges have the same height, we see that thus Likewise, Therefore, our answer is
Final answer
155^\circ