Three Adjacent Squares

 

Three adjacent squares form a rectangle as shown below.   Let   x, y, and z  be the degree measures of the angles indicated.

Prove      x + y + z = 90   degrees.

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Hint:    z = 45 degrees.   So the problem reduces to showing that   x + y = 45 degrees.

Hint:    Try some auxiliary lines or figures such as:   

 


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