SOLUTION: Two lines bisect consecutive angles of a regular heptagon and and intersect in the heptagon's interior. Find the measure of the angle between the intersecting lines.

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Question 630504: Two lines bisect consecutive angles of a regular heptagon and and intersect in the heptagon's interior. Find the measure of the angle between the intersecting lines.
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20056) About Me  (Show Source):
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Given: OB bisects ∠ABC
       OC bisects ∠BCD

To find: the measure of ∠BOC

[Note: if you had proved that OB and OC intersect at the center, you
could just observe that ∠BOC is a central angle and has measure %22360%B0%22%2F7.  
But we will assume you haven't proved that.]  

The sum of the measures of the interior angles of an n-sided polygon
is given by the formula (n-2)×180°

Since this is a heptagon, n=7 and the sum of the measures of the 
interior angles is (7-2)×180° = (5)×180° = 900°

Since this heptagon is regular, all the interior angles are congruent
and have equal measure.  Therefore

m∠ABC = m∠BCD = %22900%B0%22%2F7

Since OB and OC bisect those interior angles,

m∠OBC = m∠OCB = 1%2F2×%22900%B0%22%2F7 = %22450%B0%22%2F7

Since the sum of the measures of the interior angles of ᐃBOC is 180°,

m∠OBC + m∠OCB + m∠BOC = 180°
%22450%B0%22%2F7 + %22450%B0%22%2F7 + m∠BOC = 180°

                 %22900%B0%22%2F7 + m∠BOC = 180°

                                  m∠BOC = 180° - %22900%B0%22%2F7

                                  m∠BOC = %221260%B0%22%2F7 - %22900%B0%22%2F7
                                  
                                  m∠BOC = %22360%B0%22%2F7 = 51%263%2F7°

Edwin