2021 Fall AMC 12A Problems/Problem 6

The following problem is from both the 2021 Fall AMC 10A #7 and 2021 Fall AMC 12A #6, so both problems redirect to this page.

Problem

As shown in the figure below, point $E$ lies on the opposite half-plane determined by line $CD$ from point $A$ so that $\angle CDE = 110^\circ$ . Point $F$ lies on $\overline{AD}$ so that $DE=DF$ , and $ABCD$ is a square. What is the degree measure of $\angle AFE$ ?

$[asy] size(6cm); pair A = (0,10); label("$A$", A, N); pair B = (0,0); label("$B$", B, S); pair C = (10,0); label("$C$", C, S); pair D = (10,10); label("$D$", D, SW); pair EE = (15,11.8); label("$E$", EE, N); pair F = (3,10); label("$F$", F, N); filldraw(D--arc(D,2.5,270,380)--cycle,lightgray); dot(A^^B^^C^^D^^EE^^F); draw(A--B--C--D--cycle); draw(D--EE--F--cycle); label("$110^\circ$", (15,9), SW); [/asy]$

$\textbf{(A) }160\qquad\textbf{(B) }164\qquad\textbf{(C) }166\qquad\textbf{(D) }170\qquad\textbf{(E) }174$

Solution 1

By angle subtraction, we have $\angle ADE = 360^\circ - \angle ADC - \angle CDE = 160^\circ.$ Note that $\triangle DEF$ is isosceles, so $\angle DFE = \frac{180^\circ - \angle ADE}{2}=10^\circ.$ Finally, we get $\angle AFE = 180^\circ - \angle DFE = \boxed{\textbf{(D) }170}$ degrees.

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Solution 2 (Extension)

We can extend $\overline{AD}$ to $G$ , making $\angle CDG$ a right angle. It follows that $\angle GDE$ is $110^\circ - 90^\circ = 20^\circ$ , as shown below. $[asy] size(6cm); pair A = (0,10); label("$A$", A, N); pair B = (0,0); label("$B$", B, S); pair C = (10,0); label("$C$", C, S); pair D = (10,10); label("$D$", D, SW); pair EE = (15,11.8); label("$E$", EE, N); pair F = (3,10); label("$F$", F, N); pair G = (15,10); label("$G$", G, E); filldraw(D--arc(D,2.5,270,380)--cycle,lightgray); dot(A^^B^^C^^D^^EE^^F^^G); draw(A--B--C--D--G--cycle); draw(D--EE--F--cycle); [/asy]$ Since $\angle DFE = \angle DEF$ , we see that $\angle DFE = \angle DEF = \frac{20}{2} = 10^\circ$ . Thus, $\angle AFE = 180^\circ - 10^\circ = \boxed{\textbf{(D)} ~170}$ degrees.

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Video Solution (Simple and Quick)

https://youtu.be/cBLyn2HZ5YY

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Video Solution by A+ Whiz

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4cF3o3Fzj8&t=260s

Video Solution by TheBeautyofMath

for AMC 10: https://youtu.be/ycRZHCOKTVk?t=232

for AMC 12: https://youtu.be/wlDlByKI7A8

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Video Solution by WhyMath

https://youtu.be/9nUZhyhi9_o

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Video Solution by HS Competition Academy

https://youtu.be/l3nnd-eWOI0

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Video Solution

https://youtu.be/T4NhPER6SrM

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