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In the diagram, quadrilateral ABCD is inscribed in the circle, arc ADB is a minor arc, and segment AB is parallel to segment DC. Given that arc DC is 30 degrees, arc AD is x^2 + 7x degrees, and arc BC is 60 - 4x degrees, find the measure of arc AEB.

 

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[asy]unitsize(2cm);pairA,B,C,D,E;A=dir(170);B=dir(30);D=dir(130);C=dir(70);E=dir(280);draw(Circle((0,0),1));draw(ABCDcycle);label("$A$",A,W);label("$B$",B,dir(0));label("$C$",C,NE);label("$D$",D,NW);dot("$E$",E,S);[/asy]

 Nov 13, 2017
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Since AB  is parallel to BC, then  chords AD and BC are equal....thus

 

x^2 + 7x  = 60 - 4x        rearrange as

 

x^2 + 11x  - 60  =   0       factor

 

(x - 4) ( x + 15)   = 0     setting each factor to 0 and solving for x we have that

 

x = 4    or  x  = -15

 

Taking the positive solution, then BC = AB  = 60 - 4(4)  = 60 - 16  = 44

 

Thus  arcs  AD + DC + CB   =   [ 44  + 30  + 44 ] =  118°

 

Thus arc AEB  =  360 - 118  = 242°

 

 

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 Nov 13, 2017

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