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geometry senior

Problem

Triangles and are isosceles with , and intersects at . If is perpendicular to , then is
problem
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(D)
Solution
Redraw the figure as a concave pentagon : The angles of the pentagon will still sum to , regardless of whether the pentagon is concave or not. As a quick proof, note that the nine angles of three original triangles , , and all make up the angles of the pentagon without overlap. Since reflex , we have: . From isosceles , we get , so: From isosceles , we get , so: , which is answer
Final answer
D