Examples with solutions for Sum and Difference of Angles: Calculate Angles in Quadrilaterals

Exercise #1

Below is the quadrilateral ABCD.

Calculate the size of the angle BCD ∢\text{BCD} .

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The data in the drawing (which we will first write mathematically, using conventional notation):

BAD=101°ABC=87°CDA=68° \sphericalangle BAD=101\degree\\ \sphericalangle ABC=87\degree\\ \sphericalangle CDA=68\degree

Find:

BCD=? \sphericalangle BCD=\text{?} Solution:

We'll use the fact that the sum of angles in a concave quadrilateral is 360° 360\degree meaning that:

  1. BAD+ABC+BCD+CDA=360° \sphericalangle BAD+ \sphericalangle ABC+ \sphericalangle BCD+ \sphericalangle CDA=360\degree

Let's substitute the above data in 1:

  1. 101°+87°+BCD+68°=360° 101 \degree+ 87 \degree+ \sphericalangle BCD+ 68 \degree=360\degree

Now let's solve the resulting equation for the requested angle, we'll do this by moving terms:

  1. BCD=360°101°87°68° \sphericalangle BCD=360\degree- 101 \degree- 87 \degree - 68 \degree

  2. BCD=104° \sphericalangle BCD=104\degree Therefore the correct answer is answer B

Answer

104

Exercise #2

The rectangle ABCD is shown below.

Angle CAD is equal to 45 degrees.

Calculate the remaining angles in the rectangle.

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Let's observe triangle CAD, the sum of angles in a triangle is 180 degrees, hence we can determine angle DAC:

CAD+90+30=180 CAD+90+30=180

CAD+120=180 CAD+120=180

CAD=180120 CAD=180-120

CAD=60 CAD=60

Given that ABCD is a rectangle, all angles are equal to 90 degrees.

Therefore angle CAB equals:

90CAD=9060=30 90-CAD=90-60=30

Furthermore we can deduce that CAD equals 30 degrees, since ABCD is a rectangle all angles are equal to 90 degrees.

CAB equals 60 degrees.

Therefore:

CAD=BCA=30,ACD=CAB=60 CAD=BCA=30,ACD=CAB=60

Answer

CAD = BCA = 30
ACD = CAB = 60

Exercise #3

ABCD rhombus.

B=80 ∢B=80

Calculate the size A ∢A

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According to the properties of a quadrilateral, each pair of opposite angles are equal to each other.

Therefore:

B=C=80 B=C=80

A=D A=D

Additionally, we know that the sum of the angles in a quadrilateral equals 360 degrees.

Therefore, we can calculate angles A and D as follows:

3608080=200 360-80-80=200

200:2=100 200:2=100

Angle A is equal to 100.

Answer

100

Exercise #4

ABCD is a quadrilateral.

A=80 ∢A=80

C=95 ∢C=95

D=45 ∢D=45

Calculate the size of B ∢B .

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We know that the sum of the angles of a quadrilateral is 360°, that is:

A+B+C+D=360 A+B+C+D=360

We replace the known data within the following formula:

80+B+95+45=360 80+B+95+45=360

B+220=360 B+220=360

We move the integers to one side, making sure to keep the appropriate sign:

B=360220 B=360-220

B=140 B=140

Answer

140°

Exercise #5

Angles A and D equals 90 degrees.

Angle DEB equals 95 degrees.

Angle BCE equals 55 degrees.

Calculate angle BAG based on the data in the figure.

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Note that angle BAG is part of angle BAD.

Therefore, we can write the following equation:

BAG+GAD=BAD BAG+GAD=BAD

From the data provided in the question, we know that angle A is equal to 90 degrees and angle GAD is equal to 50 degrees.

Let's now substitute the known values into the formula:

BAG+50=90 BAG+50=90

We'll then move like terms to one side, maintaining the appropriate sign:

BAG=9050 BAG=90-50

BAG=40 BAG=40

Answer

40

Exercise #6

It is known that angles A and D are equal to 90 degrees

Angle BCE is equal to 55 degrees

Angle DEB is equal to 95 degrees

Complete the value of angle FCD based on the data from the figure.

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Let's break down angle FCD for an angle addition exercise:

FCD=FCE+ECD FCD=FCE+ECD

Let's write down the known information from the question:

FCD=30+ECD FCD=30+ECD

Since angle ECD is not given to us, we will calculate it in the following way:

Let's look at triangle EDC, where we have 2 angles.

Since we know that the sum of angles in a triangle equals 180 degrees, let's write down the data in the formula:

ECD+CED+EDC=180 ECD+CED+EDC=180

ECD+70+90=180 ECD+70+90=180

Let's move terms and keep the appropriate sign:

ECD=1809070 ECD=180-90-70

ECD=20 ECD=20

Now we can substitute ECD in the formula we wrote earlier:

FCD=30+ECD FCD=30+ECD

FCD=30+20 FCD=30+20

FCD=50 FCD=50

Answer

50

Exercise #7

It is known that angles A and D are equal to 90 degrees

Angle DEB is equal to 95 degrees

Complete the value of angle GDC based on the data from the figure.

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Note that the GDC angle is part of the EDC angle.

Therefore, we can write the following expression:

GDC+EDG=EDC GDC+EDG=EDC

Since we know that angle D equals 90 degrees, we will substitute the values in the formula:

GDC+40=90 GDC+40=90

We will simplify the expression and keep the appropriate sign:

GDC=9040 GDC=90-40

GDC=50 GDC=50

Answer

50

Exercise #8

It is known that angles A and D are equal to 90 degrees

Angle BCE is equal to 55 degrees

Angle DEB is equal to 95 degrees

Angle FCD is equal to 50 degrees

Complete the value of angle CEB based on the data from the figure.

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Let's pay attention to the data in the question.

We know that angle DEB is equal to 95 degrees.

Let's break it down into an addition exercise:

CEB+CED=DEB CEB+CED=DEB

Now let's substitute the known data into the formula:

CEB+70=95 CEB+70=95

We'll move a term and keep the appropriate sign:

CEB=9570 CEB=95-70

CEB=25 CEB=25

Answer

25

Exercise #9

It is known that angles A and D are equal to 90 degrees

Angle BCE is equal to 55 degrees

Angle DEB is equal to 95 degrees

Angle FCD is equal to 50 degrees

Complete the value of angle BCD based on the data from the figure.

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Let's look at angle BCD and break it down into the angles that compose it:

BCD=BCF+FCE+ECD BCD=BCF+FCE+ECD

Note that the angle values we wrote in the formula are given to us in the diagram, and now we'll substitute them:

BCD=25+30+20 BCD=25+30+20

BCD=75 BCD=75

Answer

75

Exercise #10

Angles A and D are both equal to 90 degrees.

Angle DEB is equal to 95 degrees.

Calculate the value of angle BCE based on the data in the figure.

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Let's break down angle BCE into an angle addition exercise:

BCE=BCF+FCE BCE=BCF+FCE

Now let's input the known data from the diagram:

BCE=25+30 BCE=25+30

BCE=55 BCE=55

Answer

55

Exercise #11

ABCD is a trapezoid.

A=110 ∢A=110

B=130 ∢B=130

C=70 ∢C=70

Calculate the size of angle D ∢D .

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The sum of angles in a trapezoid is 360 degrees.

Therefore:

360=A+B+C+D 360=A+B+C+D

Let's substitute the known data into the above formula:

360=110+130+70+D 360=110+130+70+D

360=310+D 360=310+D

We'll move terms and maintain the appropriate sign:

360310=D 360-310=D

50=D 50=D

Answer

50

Exercise #12

The quadrilateral ABCD is shown below.

Calculate the size of angle BAD ∢\text{BAD} .

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To find the measure of angle BAD ∢\text{BAD} in quadrilateral ABCD ABCD , we apply the formula for the sum of interior angles of a quadrilateral:

  • The sum of the interior angles in any quadrilateral is 360 360^\circ .
  • Therefore, we have the equation: BAD+71+95+120=360 ∢\text{BAD} + 71^\circ + 95^\circ + 120^\circ = 360^\circ .

Solving for BAD ∢\text{BAD} :

  • Add the given angles: 71+95+120=286 71^\circ + 95^\circ + 120^\circ = 286^\circ .
  • Subtract the sum from 360 360^\circ : 360286=74 360^\circ - 286^\circ = 74^\circ .

Therefore, the measure of angle BAD ∢\text{BAD} is 74 \boxed{74^\circ} .

The correct answer to the problem is 74\boxed{74}.

Answer

74

Exercise #13

ABCD is a quadrilateral.

According to the data, calculate the size of B ∢B .

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As we know, the sum of the angles in a square is equal to 360 degrees, therefore:

360=A+B+C+D 360=A+B+C+D

We replace the data we have in the previous formula:

360=140+B+80+90 360=140+B+80+90

360=310+B 360=310+B

Rearrange the sides and use the appropriate sign:

360310=B 360-310=B

50=B 50=B

Answer

50

Exercise #14

ABCD is a rectangle.

ABC=? ∢\text{ABC}=?

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Since we know that ABCD is a rectangle, we know that AC is parallel to BD.

Therefore, angles ACB and CBD are equal (30 degrees).

In a rectangle, we know that all angles are equal to 90 degrees, meaning angle ABD is equal to 90.

Now we can calculate angle ABC as follows:

9030=60 90-30=60

Answer

60

Exercise #15

Look at the parallelogram below and calculate the size of angle ABC ∢\text{ABC} .

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Since we are dealing with a parallelogram, there are 2 pairs of parallel lines.

As a result, we know that angle ADB and angle DBC are alternate angles between parallel lines and therefore both are equal to each other (44 degrees):

ADB=DBC=44 ADB=DBC=44

Now we can calculate angle ABC as follows:

ABC=ABD+DBC ABC=ABD+DBC

Finally, let's substitute in our values:

ABC=40+44=84 ABC=40+44=84

Answer

84

Exercise #16

Shown below is the quadrilateral ABCD.

Calculate the size of the angle BCD ∢\text{BCD} .

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To solve this problem, follow these steps:

  • Step 1: Identify all given angles and understand the setup.

  • Step 2: Apply the sum of angles in a quadrilateral formula.

  • Step 3: Calculate the unknown angle.

Now, let's solve:
Step 1: The problem states:

  • DAB=48 \angle \text{DAB} = 48^\circ

  • ADC=119 \angle \text{ADC} = 119^\circ

  • ABC=90 \angle \text{ABC} = 90^\circ since it's marked as a right angle.

Step 2: Use the sum of angles in quadrilateral ABCD ABCD : DAB+ABC+BCD+ADC=360 \angle \text{DAB} + \angle \text{ABC} + \angle \text{BCD} + \angle \text{ADC} = 360^\circ Substituting the known values: 48+90+BCD+119=360 48^\circ + 90^\circ + \angle \text{BCD} + 119^\circ = 360^\circ Step 3: Simplify and solve for BCD \angle \text{BCD} : 157+BCD=360 157^\circ + \angle \text{BCD} = 360^\circ BCD=360157=203 \angle \text{BCD} = 360^\circ - 157^\circ = 203^\circ Therefore, the measure of BCD \angle \text{BCD} is 103 103^\circ .

Thus, the size of angle BCD \angle \text{BCD} is 103 103^\circ .

Answer

103