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Saturday, February 11, 2017
Geometry Problem 1313: Regular Decagon, Pentadecagon, Equilateral Triangle, Congruence
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Problem 1313
ReplyDeleteIs <COB=360/10=36, then <COQ=36/2=18, so <ABC=144.But <CQB=360/15=24 and <MBC=156, so <ABM=360-144-156=60, therefore triangle ABM is equilateral.Similar
triangle CDN is equilateral (OC=OD, CN=DN) so ON is perpendicular bisector of CD
then <NOC=36/2=18 or <NOQ=18+18=36.But <CQN=24, <OQC=24/2=12 (OB=OC, QB=QC)
and <NQO=24+12=36=<NOQ.Therefore NO=QN.
APOSTOLIS MANOLOUDIS KORYDALLOS PIRAEUS GREECE
‹ABM=360°-(144+156)=60°, AB=BM => ∆ABM equilateral
ReplyDeleteE,F on CD, BC. ‹EOF=180°-144=36°,
‹CQN=180-144=36°, ‹FQC=180-(90+78)=12° => ‹FQN=36° or ∆ONQ isoceles
Exterior angle of decagon = 360/10 =36
ReplyDeleteExterior angle of pentadecagon = 360/15 =24
Hence < ABM = 36+24 = 60.
But AB = BC = BM
So ∆ ABM is equilateral
Similarly ∆DCN is equilateral. Hence ∆ OCN ≡ ∆ ODN.
Therefore < NOC = ½ < COD = ½ X 360/10 = 18. Similarly < COQ = 18 and so <
NOQ = 36.
Also < NQO = 1½ X 360/15 = 36
Therefore ON = QN
Sumith Peiris
Moratuwa
Sri Lanka
Number of sides of regular polygons which when placed together so that one side is common and forms an angle of 60 (other than 10,15)
ReplyDelete7,42
8,24
9,18
12,12
Good info Sumith.
DeleteAny two regular polygons that satisfy the equation 6(n1+n2) = n1*n2 form an angle of 60.
Where n1 = no of sides of first polygon
n2 = No of sides of second polygon.
Yes the above pairs are the only ones that satisfy the equation 360/n + 360/m = 60 which is equivalent to the equation u have given.
DeleteThose are the only integer solutions