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Solution

First observe that, BE = BC = a


Secondly, Using Sine rule in BOE to find,
 
sin(20)
OE = a
sin(110)
Using Sine rule in BOC to find,
 
sin(60)
OC = a
sin(70)
Using Sine rule in DOC to find,
 
sin(60)sin(30)
OD = a
sin(70)sin(40)

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Thirdly, Using the Sine rule in EOD, you have,
   
OE OD
=
sin(x) sin(110 x)

Now, Solve the equation to get,


!
sin(110)
tan(x) = sin(30)sin(60)sin(110)
cos(110) + sin(70)sin(40)sin(20)

Take the inverse to find x = 300 .

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