document.write( "Question 890243: Please help me solve for y and z. Diagram can be found here: http://i.imgur.com/2DZjh45.jpg \r
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document.write( "Since the three angles of ΔACD have equal measure,\r\n" );
document.write( "ΔACD is equilateral, and ∠CAD = ∠CDA = ∠C = 60°  \r\n" );
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document.write( "Therefore AC = 6 = AD = CD = y.\r\n" );
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document.write( "So y = 6\r\n" );
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document.write( "Since ∠C = ∠CAD = ∠CDA = 60°, ∠CAB = ∠CAD + ∠DAB = 60° + 30° = 90°\r\n" );
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document.write( "So ΔABC is a right triangle, and ∠B and ∠C are complementary,\r\n" );
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document.write( "So ∠B = 90°-∠C = 90°-60° = 30° = z°.\r\n" );
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document.write( "We could have gotten z° from the fact that ΔABD is isosceles,\r\n" );
document.write( "since AD = 6 and BD = 6, and the base angles are equal, so \r\n" );
document.write( "∠B = ∠DAB = 30° = z².\r\n" );
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