Calculate Angle FCD: Complex Geometry with 90°, 55°, and 95° Angles

Question

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.

404040505050404040505050707070AAABBBCCCDDDEEEFFFGGG3025

Video Solution

Solution Steps

00:00 Find angle FCD
00:04 The angle is angle C between points F and D
00:16 The full angle (FCD) equals the sum of its parts
00:38 Let's substitute the known angle value
00:54 The sum of angles in a triangle equals 180
01:04 Let's substitute the angle values and solve to find angle ECD
01:32 Let's isolate angle ECD
01:46 This is the size of angle ECD
02:00 Let's substitute this value in our equation and solve to find angle FCD
02:04 And this is the solution to the question

Step-by-Step Solution

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