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2025 AMC 10A Problem 6

Problem 6 of 25EasierGeometry

In an equilateral triangle each interior angle is trisected by a pair of rays. The intersection of the interiors of the middle 2020^\circ-angle at each vertex is the interior of a convex hexagon. What is the degree measure of the smallest angle of this hexagon?

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Label the equilateral triangle ABC.ABC. Each 6060^\circ angle splits into three 2020^\circ pieces. Take the outermost trisectors from AA and BB: they meet at base angles 2360=40,\tfrac23 \cdot 60^\circ = 40^\circ, so the hexagon vertex there has angle 180240=100.180^\circ - 2\cdot 40^\circ = 100^\circ. The innermost trisectors from AA and BB meet at base angles 20,20^\circ, giving apex 180220=140,180^\circ - 2\cdot 20^\circ = 140^\circ, and by vertical angles that’s the opposite hexagon angle. So the six angles alternate 100100^\circ and 140.140^\circ. The smallest is 100.100^\circ. Therefore, the answer is C.

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Concepts: equilateral triangle · angle chasing · angle sum

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