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geometry senior

Problem

problem
In the accompanying figure, segments and are parallel, the measure of angle is twice that of angle , and the measures of segments and are and respectively. Then the measure of is equal to
Solution
With reference to the diagram above, let be the point on such that . Let . We then have since , so , which means is isosceles. Therefore, .
Final answer
a+b