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In the diagram, /PQ/ = /QR/ and /PR/ = /RS/ = /SP/, calculate the side...

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WAEC 2008

In the diagram, /PQ/ = /QR/ and /PR/ = /RS/ = /SP/, calculate the side of < QRS
  • A. 150o
  • B. 120o
  • C. 90o
  • D. 60o
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Correct Answer: Option C
Explanation
Since |PR| = |RS| = |SP|

\(\bigtriangleup\) PRS is equilateral and so < RPS = < PRS = < PSR = 70o

But < PQR + < PSR = 180o (Opposite interior angles of a cyclic quadrilateral)

< PQR + 60 = 180o

< PR = 180 - 60 = 120o

But in \(\bigtriangleup\) PQR, PQ = PR, hence < QPR = < PRQ(Base angles of an Isosceles triangle)

< QPR + < PRQ + < PQR = 180o (Angles in a triangle)

2 < QPR + 120 = 18-

2 < QPR = 180 - 120

QPR = \(\frac{60}{2}\) = 30o

From the diagram, < QRS = < PRQ + < PRS

30 + 60 = 90o

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