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    We know that Barry and Charlie are standing along a diameter. We also know that Dan is in between the two like so. So we're looking for the measure of BCD.

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    We know that Barry and Charlie are standing along a diameter. We also know that Dan is in between the two like so. So we're looking for the measure of BCD.

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    Awordproblem!Letsgetrightatit!

    Firstoff,Idrewinimportantlinesforthe
    problemathand.

    SoweknowthatBarryandCharlieare
    standingalongadiameter.Wealsoknow
    thatDanisinbetweenthetwolikeso.

    Nowforthepurposesofthisdocument
    ImgoingtorefertoBarryslocationasB,Charlies
    locationasC,andDanslocationasD.Sowerelooking
    forthemeasureof<BCD.Okay,movingon.

    SoifBCisadiameter,whatdoesthatmeanaboutangle
    D?Weknowbasedonacertaintheoremthatitsaright
    angle.WhichmeansthattriangleBCDisarighttriangle,
    withthediameterasthehypotenuse.


    Nowletsseehere.Howcanweusethatknowledgeto
    find<BCD?Well,aslongasweknowtheproportionofat
    leasttwosidesonthistriangle,wecanfindit.Andguess
    what?Wedo!SideCDissaidtobethreetimeslonger
    thansideBD.Sowecanusetrigonometrytofindthe
    angle.

    Letssee.SoifCDandBDarelegs,whichtrigonometric
    functiondealswiththetwo?Tangent,right?Theopposite
    sidewouldbeBD,andtheadjacentCD.Pluggingin:

    tan(<BCD)=BD/CD

    WeknowthatCDisthreetimesBD.Letssubstitutexfor
    BD:

    tan(<BCD)=x/3x
    tan(<BCD)=1/3

    Andnowwesolve:

    tan^1(1/3)=<BCD
    <BCD~18.435(roundingtothenearestthousandth)

    BUT!Wearentdoneyet!Becauseifyoureadthe
    question,itappearstheywantradians!Unlessyou
    accidentallysetyourcalculatortoradiansmode,yougot
    degrees.Sonowwehavetoconvert:

    (18.435)pi/180~0.322

    Ah,nowwehaveafinalanswer.ThemeasureofCharlies
    angleis
    about0.322radians
    .

    DONE

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