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? asked in Science & MathematicsMathematics · 2 years ago

Is my answer correct? :/?

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  • Anonymous
    2 years ago

    Your answer is correct but your approach is not. The 3 interior angles in a triangle add up to 180 degrees. Because triangle CED is isosceles, angle E equals to angle C. And so 45+45+D=180 and D=90 degrees.

  • D g
    Lv 7
    2 years ago

    I prove the line DC must be 90 degs I dont assume it like others do ... this may be one of the things your teacher wishes you to do

    you can use many rules for proving the angles ...

    you are given angle E = 45

    ANGLE D + ANGLE c + ANGLE e = 180

    YOU can PROVE ANGLE c maybe by a few of the rules for angles

    if D to E is a line on the X axis just to simplify ..

    and we know D TO E = D TO C

    a perpendicular line from E to level of C should be easy to draw

    we can draw a 90 deg angle up from E to the llevel of C call this point B

    point B is perpendicular to the DE line

    and has the angle DEC has the same angle as BEC

    since EC is the same length... that means DE and BE must be the same length

    that means that CD must be perpendicular to the x axis too.. because it is parallel to the line BE

    the angle then at D must be 90 degs

    since a triangle has a sum = 180 = angle C + 90 + 45

    C = 180 - 135 = 45

  • atsuo
    Lv 6
    2 years ago

    The sum of 3 internal angles of a triangle is 180° .

    So ∠C + ∠D + ∠E = 180° .

    △ABC is an isosceles triangle with DE = DC , so ∠E = ∠C .

    ∠E = 45° , so ∠C = 45° .

    Therefore 45° + ∠D + 45° = 180° .

    So ∠D = 90° .

  • David
    Lv 7
    2 years ago

    Yes because angle D is 180 -45 -45 = 90 degrees

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  • 2 years ago

    YES!!!

    Since angle E = 45 degrees, then angle C = 45 degrees (Isosceles).

    Hence by summation of the angles of a triangle 180 = D + 45 + 45 => 180 = D + 90

    D = 180 - 90 => D = 90

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