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More Triangles - I Give the Answer, YOU Give the Explanation!
May 4-8, 1998

Here's a little more work with triangles for you. Using the diagram, show that

Angle SPQ is 36 degrees, and angle SRQ is 72 degrees.

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Solutions

Annie says:

Comments will follow when I get back from a vacation :-)

A list of all the people who got this problem right follows the highlighted solutions below, and most of the solutions are also available.





The following students submitted correct solutions this week:

Lim Yin, Grade 10, Raffles Institution, Singapore
Lou Talman, Grade Professor, Metropolitan State College of Denver, Denver, Colorado
Perry Cottrell, Grade 9, Smoky Hill High School, Aurora, Colorado
Tiffanie Lam, Grade 8, Sequoia Middle School, Pleasant Hill, California
Brian Bairstow, Grade 10, Mount Whitney High School, Visalia, California
Nyla Walker, Grade 10, Shelby County High School, Columbiana, Alabama
Patrick Draper, Grade 9, Normal Community West High School, Normal, Illinois
James Rank, Grade 11, Eastchester High School, Yonkers, New York
David Patterson, Grade 10, St. John Bosco High School, Bellflower, California
Katie Anthony, Grade 9, Casady School, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Amie Abell, Grade 10, Washington County High School, Springfield, Kentucky
Mike Durrant, Grade , Hood River High School, Hood River, Oregon
Alex Morgovsky, Grade 11, Akiba Hebrew Academy, Merion, Pennsylvania
John Allen, Grade 8, Louis Pasteur Middle School, Orangevale, California
Eve Levinson, Grade 9, Germantown Academy, Fort Washington, Pennsylvania
Jonathan Emmons and Amey Adkins, Grade 9, Franklin County High School, Rocky Mount, Virginia
Travis Carrico, Grade 10, Washington County High School, Springfield, Kentucky
Jenny Weinbaum, Grade 10, Oak Park and River Forest High School, Oak Park, Illinois
Rebecca Miller-Webster, Grade 10, Oak Park and River Forest High School, Oak Park, Illinois
Bethany Kim, Grade , Redmond High School, Redmond, Oregon
Ben Stewart, Grade , Redmond High School, Redmond, Oregon
ANHOS, Grade ,
Jordie Kvidera, Grade 7, Odle Middle School, Bellevue, Washington
Kamila Sikora, Grade 9, Smoky Hill High School, Aurora, Colorado
Matthew Roitstein, Grade 8, Placerita Junior High School, Newhall, California
Noelle Rentsch, Grade 11, American Embassy School, New Delhi, India
Caleb Ho, Grade 11, Monterey Bay Academy, Watsonville, California
Noam Abrams, Grade 10, Akiba Hebrew Academy, Merion, Pennsylvania
Jason Slomovitz, Grade 9, The Hun School of Princeton, Princeton, New Jersey
Chester Chan, Grade 6, Odle Middle School, Bellevue, Washington
Kim Kim, Grade 12, Unionville High School, Kennett Square, Pennsylvania
Alaina Hollis, Grade 10, Smoky Hill High School, Aurora, Colorado
Adrian Lai, Grade , Salesian School, Hong Kong
Tony Caddigan, Grade 11, Nashoba Tech, Westford, Massachusetts
Kim Harris, Grade 8, Albright Middle School, Houston, Texas
Gordon Bockus Jr., Grade Freshman, Eastern Oklahoma State College, Wilburton, Oklahoma
Brandi Marsh, Grade 9, Ethel Walker School, Simsbury, Connecticut
Avrum Tilman, Grade 10, Akiba Hebrew Academy, Merion, Pennsylvania
Sarah Kress, Grade 9, Mount Saint Joseph Academy, Flourtown, Pennsylvania
Camilla Narvehed, Grade 10, American Embassy School, New Delhi, India
Rachael Kun and Jennifer Au, Grade 9, Germantown Academy, Fort Washington, Pennsylvania
Meredith Blackman, Grade , Germantown Academy, Fort Washington, Pennsylvania
Chaim Bloom, Grade , Akiba Hebrew Academy, Merion, Pennsylvania
Jayanti Tuladhar, Grade , American Embassy School, New Delhi, India
Kandace Gollomp, Grade 10, Akiba Hebrew Academy, Merion, Pennsylvania
Kristy Dalrymple, Grade , Granada High School, Livermore, California
C.J. Walthall, Grade 8, Albright Middle School, Houston, Texas
Jia-Xin Wang, Grade 9, American Embassy School, New Delhi, India
Alex Svirsky, Grade 9, Smoky Hill High School, Aurora, Colorado
Catalina Anghel, Grade 11, Mackenzie High School, Deep River, Ontario, Canada
Chris Adamiak, Grade 10, Amador Valley High School, Pleasanton, California
Gary Sng, Grade , Nanyang Junior College, Singapore
Hyun-Il Koh, Grade 10, American Embassy School, New Delhi, India
Daisuke Kojima, Grade , American Embassy School, New Delhi, India
Jenny Lurie, Grade 10, Akiba Hebrew Academy, Merion, Pennsylvania
Alex Chen, Grade 7, Odle Middle School, Bellevue, Washington
Mary Kenney and Mary Diamond, Grade 10, Mount Saint Joseph Academy, Flourtown, Pennsylvania
Sundhar Ramalingam, Grade 9, Southeast Raleigh High School, Raleigh, North Carolina
Sonia Teas, Grade 10, Oak Park and River Forest High School, Oak Park, Illinois
Aaron Mertz, Grade 8, Plum Grove Junior High School, Rolling Meadows, Illinois
Josh Boyette, Grade 10, Akiba Hebrew Academy, Merion, Pennsylvania
Cliff McEnery, Grade 10, Amador Valley High School, Pleasanton, California
Nicky Kim, Grade 10, American Embassy School, New Delhi, India
Andrew Krawczel, Grade 9, Franklin County High School, Rocky Mount, Virginia
Jackie Evans, Grade 9, Smoky Hill High School, Aurora, Colorado
Carol Vivaldelli, Grade 10, Mount Saint Joseph Academy, Flourtown, Pennsylvania
Chris Mize, Grade 9, Southeast Raleigh High School, Raleigh, North Carolina
Abin Bandy, Grade 9, Germantown Academy, Fort Washington, Pennsylvania
Sang-Jhin Lee, Grade , American Embassy School, New Delhi, India
Fairuz Kamilan, Grade , American Embassy School, New Delhi, India
Greishma Singh, Grade , American Embassy School, New Delhi, India
Theo Talbot, Grade 9, American Embassy School, New Delhi, India
atwood/madrinan, Grade , American Embassy School, New Delhi, India
Andrew Cooledge, Grade 7, Odle Middle School, Bellevue, Washington
Emily Rozak, Grade 10, Germantown Academy, Fort Washington, Pennsylvania
Emily Castor, Grade 9, Granada High School, Livermore, California
Matt Smawfield, Grade 9, American Embassy School, New Delhi, India
Christie Heyer, Grade 8, Odle Middle School, Bellevue, Washington
Anne Hines and Lauren Rossi, Grade 10, Germantown Academy, Fort Washington, Pennsylvania
Alessandro Binotti, Grade , American Embassy School, New Delhi, India
Travis Pederson, Grade , Redmond High School, Redmond, Oregon
Travis Guy, Grade , Redmond High School, Redmond, Oregon
Danielle Lytle, Grade , Redmond High School, Redmond, Oregon
Rebecca O'Connell and Jessica Dougherty, Grade , Redmond High School, Redmond, Oregon
Sarah Lawrence, Grade , Redmond High School, Redmond, Oregon
Leigh Thierfelder, Grade , Germantown Academy, Fort Washington, Pennsylvania
Samantha Schliep, Grade , Redmond High School, Redmond, Oregon
Jenny Kaplan, Grade 7, Castilleja Middle School, Palo Alto, California
Tanya Colburn, Grade 10, Mount Saint Joseph Academy, Flourtown, Pennsylvania
Jason Chiu, Grade 9, Laramie Junior High School, Laramie, Wyoming
Alex Chernyavsky, Grade , Akiba Hebrew Academy, Merion, Pennsylvania

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