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tomaus
Jun 24, 2011, 09:44 AM
Joe has just completed an evening art course on creating stained glass,
and so decides to create a window for his conservatory. He first designs his
window on paper coming up with small sections that he hopes to piece
together later. Figure 1 shows his first attempt.
(a) AB is parallel to DC, ∠ABE = 25◦ and ∠AEB = 120◦.
(I) Explain how Joe can work out ∠EDC without measuring it.
(ii) Find ∠EAB explaining your reasoning.
(iii) Find a triangle that is similar to triangle ABE explaining your
reasoning. [2]
(iv) If AB = 8cm, AE = 3.9 cm and EC = 9cm, use the similar
triangles you found in part (a)(iii) to find the length of CD.
(v) Given that ∠DBC = 84◦, find ∠ACB, and hence explain whether
or not ABC is an isosceles triangle.
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thanks

Unknown008
Jun 24, 2011, 10:35 AM
Come on what have you tried. What you basically need to know to solve this are:

- When you have two straight lines crossing each other, the opposite angles are equal.
- The total of the interior angles in a triangle is always equal to 180 degrees.
- Similar triangles have the same interior angles and the ratio of their sides are the same.

Can you try it out? :)