SOLUTION: Please help me solve for y and z. Diagram can be found here: http://i.imgur.com/2DZjh45.jpg Thanks so much!

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Question 890243: Please help me solve for y and z. Diagram can be found here: http://i.imgur.com/2DZjh45.jpg
Thanks so much!

Answer by Edwin McCravy(20060) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
 

Since the three angles of ΔACD have equal measure,
ΔACD is equilateral, and ∠CAD = ∠CDA = ∠C = 60°  

Therefore AC = 6 = AD = CD = y.

So y = 6

Since ∠C = ∠CAD = ∠CDA = 60°, ∠CAB = ∠CAD + ∠DAB = 60° + 30° = 90°

So ΔABC is a right triangle, and ∠B and ∠C are complementary,

So ∠B = 90°-∠C = 90°-60° = 30° = z°.

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We could have gotten z° from the fact that ΔABD is isosceles,
since AD = 6 and BD = 6, and the base angles are equal, so 
∠B = ∠DAB = 30° = z².

Edwin