Answer:
7. ∠CBD = 100°
8. ∠CBD = ∠BCE = 100°; ∠CED = ∠BDE = 80°
Step-by-step explanation:
7. We presume the angles at A are congruent, so that each is 180°/9 = 20°.
Then the congruent base angles of isosceles triangle ABC will be ...
∠B = ∠C = (180° -20°)/2 = 80°
The angle of interest, ∠CBD is the supplement of ∠ABC, so is ...
∠CBD = 180° -80°
∠CBD = 100°
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8. In the isosceles trapezoid, base angles are congruent, and angles on the same end are supplementary:
∠CBD = ∠BCE = 100°
∠CED = ∠BDE = 80°
So, when we're tasked with things like this, rewriting everything in terms of sine and cosine and combining fractions often trivializes things, so doing just that gives us:
So out expression is 1/cos(x).
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