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April 10, 2016
Problem Statement
An isosceles triangle has angles of
5
0
∘
,
x
∘
,
50^\circ,x^\circ,
5
0
∘
,
x
∘
,
and
y
∘
y^\circ
y
∘
. Find the maximum possible value of
x
−
y
x-y
x
−
y
.Proposed by Nathan Ramesh
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