Question Number 39985 by ajfour last updated on 14/Jul/18
Answered by ajfour last updated on 15/Jul/18
$${eq}.\:{of}\:{line}\:\:{OBC}\::\:\:{y}={x} \\ $$$${eq}.\:{of}\:{AEC}:\:\:\:\:{y}\mathrm{tan}\:\theta={x}−\mathrm{1} \\ $$$${For}\:{point}\:{C}\:: \\ $$$$\:\:\:\:\:{x}_{{C}} ={y}_{{C}} =\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{1}−\mathrm{tan}\:\theta}\:\: \\ $$$$\angle{ADB}\:=\theta \\ $$$${so}\:{AD}=\:\mathrm{cot}\:\theta \\ $$$${slope}\:{of}\:{CD}\:{be}\:{m} \\ $$$$\:\:\:\:\:\:\:−{m}=\frac{{y}_{{C}} }{\mathrm{1}+\mathrm{cot}\:\theta−{x}_{{C}} } \\ $$$$\:\:\:\:\:\:\:\:\:\:\:\:\:\:=\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\left(\mathrm{1}+\mathrm{cot}\:\theta\right)\left(\mathrm{1}−\mathrm{tan}\:\theta\right)−\mathrm{1}} \\ $$$$\:\:\:\:\:\:\:\:\:\:\:=\:\frac{\mathrm{1}}{−\mathrm{tan}\:\theta+\mathrm{cot}\:\theta−\mathrm{1}} \\ $$$$\mathrm{tan}\:\angle{DAF}\:=\:\frac{\mathrm{1}}{{m}}\:=\mathrm{1}+\mathrm{tan}\:\theta−\mathrm{cot}\:\theta \\ $$$${FD}\:={AD}\mathrm{sin}\:\angle{DAF} \\ $$$$\:\:\:\:\:\:\:\:=\mathrm{cot}\:\theta×\frac{\mathrm{1}+\mathrm{tan}\:\theta−\mathrm{cot}\:\theta}{\:\sqrt{\mathrm{1}+\left(\mathrm{1}+\mathrm{tan}\:\theta−\mathrm{cot}\:\theta\right)^{\mathrm{2}} }} \\ $$$$\angle{BCE}\:=\frac{\pi}{\mathrm{4}}−\theta \\ $$$$\:\:\:\:{CE}\:={BE}\mathrm{cot}\:\left(\frac{\pi}{\mathrm{4}}−\theta\right) \\ $$$$\:\:\:\:\:\:\:\:\:\:\:\:\:=\frac{\mathrm{sin}\:\theta}{\mathrm{tan}\:\left(\frac{\pi}{\mathrm{4}}−\theta\right)} \\ $$$$\:\:{Given}\:{CE}\:=\:{FD} \\ $$$$\Rightarrow\:\frac{\mathrm{sin}\:\theta}{\mathrm{tan}\:\left(\frac{\pi}{\mathrm{4}}−\theta\right)}=\mathrm{cot}\:\theta×\frac{\mathrm{1}+\mathrm{tan}\:\theta−\mathrm{cot}\:\theta}{\:\sqrt{\mathrm{1}+\left(\mathrm{1}+\mathrm{tan}\:\theta−\mathrm{cot}\:\theta\right)^{\mathrm{2}} }} \\ $$$$\Rightarrow\:\frac{\mathrm{sin}\:\theta\left(\mathrm{1}+\mathrm{tan}\:\theta\right)\mathrm{tan}\:\theta}{\mathrm{1}−\mathrm{tan}\:\theta}=\frac{\mathrm{1}+\mathrm{tan}\:\theta−\mathrm{cot}\:\theta}{\:\sqrt{\mathrm{1}+\left(\mathrm{1}+\mathrm{tan}\:\theta−\mathrm{cot}\:\theta\right)^{\mathrm{2}} }} \\ $$$${let}\:\:\mathrm{tan}\:\theta={t}\:\:\Rightarrow\:\:\mathrm{sin}\:\theta\:=\:\frac{{t}}{\:\sqrt{\mathrm{1}+{t}^{\mathrm{2}} }} \\ $$$$\Rightarrow\:\frac{{t}\left(\mathrm{1}+{t}\right){t}}{\:\sqrt{\mathrm{1}+{t}^{\mathrm{2}} }\left(\mathrm{1}−{t}\right)}=\frac{\mathrm{1}+{t}−\frac{\mathrm{1}}{{t}}}{\:\sqrt{\mathrm{1}+\left(\mathrm{1}+{t}−\frac{\mathrm{1}}{{t}}\right)^{\mathrm{2}} }} \\ $$$$\Rightarrow\:\frac{{t}^{\mathrm{4}} \left(\mathrm{1}+{t}\right)^{\mathrm{2}} }{\left(\mathrm{1}+{t}^{\mathrm{2}} \right)\left(\mathrm{1}−{t}\right)^{\mathrm{2}} }=\frac{\left({t}+{t}^{\mathrm{2}} −\mathrm{1}\right)^{\mathrm{2}} }{{t}^{\mathrm{2}} +\left({t}+{t}^{\mathrm{2}} −\mathrm{1}\right)^{\mathrm{2}} } \\ $$$$\Rightarrow\:{t}=\mathrm{tan}\:\theta\:\approx\:\mathrm{0}.\mathrm{63923} \\ $$$$\:\:\:\:\:\:\theta\:\approx\:\mathrm{32}.\mathrm{588}°\:. \\ $$