2007 AMC 10B Problem 15

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Concepts:angle sumratio and proportion

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15.

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

Solution:

Let x=A.x=\angle A. Then B=x2,\angle B=\dfrac{x}{2}, C=x3,\angle C=\dfrac{x}{3}, and D=x4.\angle D=\dfrac{x}{4}.

The angles sum to 360,360^\circ, so x+x2+x3+x4=25x12=360.x+\dfrac{x}{2}+\dfrac{x}{3}+\dfrac{x}{4}=\dfrac{25x}{12}=360.

Thus x=1236025=172.8173.x=\dfrac{12\cdot 360}{25}=172.8\approx 173.

Thus, the correct answer is D.

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