$\triangle ABC$ has sides $AC = BC$ and $\angle ACB = 96^\circ$. $D$ is a point in $\triangle ABC$ such that $\angle DAB = 18^\circ$ and $\angle DBA = 30^\circ$. What is the measure (in degrees) of $\angle ACD$?
[Math] Find an angle in a given triangle
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Continue $AC$ to $E$ so that $CE=DB$. Connect $E$ to $B$. Draw $BA$ so that $ABE$ is isosceles, i.e. make base angles $AEB$ and $ABE$ to be equal.
When I see that $\angle CAB$ is partitioned as $24^\circ$ and $18^\circ$, what angle is left to make an $60^\circ$ angle (which is for making an equilateral triangle, which gives us more equal sides)? After doing that, we see that $\angle ECB = 36^\circ$ and this makes $\angle ABE = 30^\circ$. Now, notice that $\Delta ADB$ is congruent to $\Delta AEB$. So we have $|AD| = |AE| = |AC|$. So the answer is $78^\circ$.
Best Answer
In $\triangle ADB,\angle ADB=(180-18-30)^\circ=132^\circ$
Applying sine law in $\triangle ADB,$ $$\frac{AB}{\sin 132^\circ}=\frac{AD}{\sin30^\circ}\implies AD=\frac{AB}{2\sin48^\circ}$$ as $\sin132^\circ=\sin(180-132)^\circ=\sin48^\circ$
$\angle ABC=\angle BAC=\frac{180^\circ-96^\circ}2=42^\circ$
Applying sine law in $\triangle ABC,$ $$\frac{AC}{\sin 42^\circ}=\frac{AB}{\sin 96^\circ}\implies \frac{AC}{AB}=\frac{\sin 42^\circ}{\sin 96^\circ}=\frac{\cos 48^\circ}{2\sin 48^\circ \cos 48^\circ}$$ (applying $\sin 2A=2\sin A\cos A$)
So, $$AC=\frac{AB}{2\sin48^\circ} \implies AC=AD$$
So, $\angle ACD=\angle ADC=\frac{(180-24)^\circ}2=78^\circ$