Problem:
The angles of quadrilateral ABCD satisfy β A=2β B=3β C=4β D. What is the degree measure of β A, rounded to the nearest whole number?
Answer Choices:
A. 125
B. 144
C. 153
D. 173
E. 180
Solution:
Let x be the degree measure of β A. Then the degree measures of angles B,C, and D are x/2,x/3, and x/4, respectively. The degree measures of the four angles have a sum of 360 , so
360=x+2xβ+3xβ+4xβ=1225xβ
Thus x=(12β
360)/25=172.8β173β.
The problems on this page are the property of the MAA's American Mathematics Competitions