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Pentagon inscribed in circle; find angle

Source: AMC 10 2011 b Problem 17

February 25, 2011
ratiogeometrytrapezoidAMC

Problem Statement

In the given circle, the diameter EB\overline{EB} is parallel to DC\overline{DC}, and AB\overline{AB} is parallel to ED\overline{ED}. The angles AEBAEB and ABEABE are in the ratio 4:54:5. What is the degree measure of angle BCDBCD?
[asy] unitsize(7mm); defaultpen(linewidth(.8pt)+fontsize(10pt)); dotfactor=4; real r=3; pair A=(-3cos(80),-3sin(80)); pair D=(3cos(80),3sin(80)), C=(-3cos(80),3sin(80)); pair O=(0,0), E=(-3,0), B=(3,0); path outer=Circle(O,r); draw(outer); draw(E--B); draw(E--A); draw(B--A); draw(E--D); draw(C--D); draw(B--C); pair[] ps={A,B,C,D,E,O}; dot(ps); label("AA",A,N); label("BB",B,NE); label("CC",C,S); label("DD",D,S); label("EE",E,NW); label("$$",O,N);[/asy] $ (A)\ 120 \qquad (B)\ 125 \qquad (C)\ 130 \qquad (D)\ 135 \qquad (E)\ 140 $