Question 31

waecmaths question: 

In the diagram, POS and ROT are straight lines. OPQR is a parallelogram, $\left| OS \right|=\left| OT \right|$ and $\angle OST=50{}^\circ $ . Calculate the value of $\angle OPQ$

 

Option A: 

100o

Option B: 

120o

Option C: 

1400

Option D: 

160o

waecmaths solution: 

$\begin{align}  & \mathbf{Construction}:\text{ }Project\text{ }line\text{ }QP\text{ }to\text{ }point\text{ }B \\ & \angle STO=\angle OST\text{   }\!\!\{\!\!\text{ Base }\angle \text{s of Isosceles }\vartriangle \text{ }\!\!\}\!\!\text{ } \\ & \text{Consider }\vartriangle OST \\ & \angle STO+\angle OST+\angle SOT=180{}^\circ \text{   }\!\!\{\!\!\text{ sum of }\angle \text{s in a }\vartriangle \text{ }\!\!\}\!\!\text{ } \\ & \text{50}{}^\circ \text{+50}{}^\circ \text{+}\angle SOT=180{}^\circ  \\ & \angle SOT=80{}^\circ  \\ & \angle SOT+\angle TOP=180{}^\circ \text{  }\!\!\{\!\!\text{ Sum of }\angle \text{s on str}\text{. line }\!\!\}\!\!\text{ } \\ & \text{80}{}^\circ \text{+}\angle TOP=180{}^\circ  \\ & \angle TOP=100{}^\circ  \\ & \angle OPQ=\angle TOP=100{}^\circ \text{  }\!\!\{\!\!\text{ Alternate Angles }\!\!\}\!\!\text{ } \\\end{align}$

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