SOLUTION: Find the measure of the angle between BE and ED in the diagram below. Diagram: https://imgur.com/a/HNIURFt

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Question 1148271: Find the measure of the angle between BE and ED in the diagram below.
Diagram: https://imgur.com/a/HNIURFt
Answer by greenestamps(13203) About Me  (Show Source):
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Triangle EBD is a right triangle with right angle at B and hypotenuse ED.

tan(BED) = opposite/adjacent = BD/BE.

Use the Pythagorean Theorem to find BD; then angle BED = arctan(BD/BE).