Geometry Word Problems

Geometry word problems involves geometric figures and angles descrihed in words. You would need to be familiar with the formulas in geometry.

Making a sketch of the geometric figure is often helpful.

Geometry Word Problems involving Angles

Example:

In a quadrilateral two angles are equal. The third angle is equal to the sum of the two equal angles. The fourth angle is 60° less than twice the sum of the other three angles. Find the measures of the angles in the quadrilateral.

Solution:

Step 1: Assign variables:

Let x = size of one of the two equal angles
Sketch the figure

Step 2: Write down the sum of angles in quadrilateral.

The sum of angles in a quadrilateral is 360°

Step 3: Plug in the values from the question and from the sketch.

360 = x + x + (x + x) + 2(x + x + x + x) – 60

Combine like terms
360 = 4x + 2(4x) – 60
360 = 4x + 8x – 60
360 = 12x – 60

Isolate variable x
12x = 420
x = 35

The question requires the values of all the angles.

Substituting x for 35, you will get: 35, 35, 70, 220

Answer: The values of the angles are 35°, 35°, 70° and 220°

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