2007 AMC 12B Problem 11

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11.

The angles of quadrilateral ABCDABCD satisfy A=2B=3C=4D.\angle A=2\angle B=3\angle C=4\angle D. What is the degree measure of A,\angle A, rounded to the nearest whole number?

125125

144144

153153

173173

180180

Answer: D
Concepts:angle sumratio and proportion
Difficulty rating: 1270
Solution:

Let x=A.x=\angle A. Then B=x2,\angle B=\tfrac x2, C=x3,\angle C=\tfrac x3, and D=x4.\angle D=\tfrac x4.

The angle sum gives x+x2+x3+x4=25x12=360, x+\dfrac x2+\dfrac x3+\dfrac x4=\dfrac{25x}{12}=360, so x=1236025=172.8173.x=\dfrac{12\cdot360}{25}=172.8\approx173.

Thus, the correct answer is D.

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