$\triangle ABC$ has $AC=BC$, and $\angle ACB=96^\circ$. $D$ is a point in $\triangle ABC$, such that $\angle DAB=18^\circ, \angle DBA=30^\circ$. What is $\angle ACD$?
My attempt:
$$\angle ABC=\angle BAC=\frac{(180^\circ-96^\circ)}{2}=42^\circ.$$
$$\angle ADB=180^\circ-18^\circ-30^\circ=132^\circ.$$
From here onwards, I have no idea how to carry on. Can anyone help?
Best Answer
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 $78^\circ$.