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# The altitude AD of $\Delta ABC$ in which $\angle A$ is obtuse and AD = 10cm. If BD = 10 cm and $CD=10\sqrt{3}cm$, determine $\angle A$.

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Hint: Calculate the value of $\angle CAD\ and\ \angle BAD$using trigonometric ratios like sine, cosine and tangent.

In $\Delta ACD$, since $\Delta ACD$ is a right angled triangle,
\begin{align} & \tan \left( \angle CAD \right)=\dfrac{CD}{AD} \\ & =\dfrac{10\sqrt{3}}{10} \\ & =\sqrt{3} \\ & \Rightarrow \angle CAD={{\tan }^{-1}}\sqrt{3} \\ & \Rightarrow \angle CAD=\dfrac{\pi }{3} \\ \end{align}
We will now find $\angle BAD$, since $\Delta ABD$ is a right angled triangle,
\begin{align} & \tan \left( \angle BAD \right)=\dfrac{BD}{AD} \\ & =\dfrac{10}{10} \\ & =1 \\ & \Rightarrow \angle BAD={{\tan }^{-1}}1 \\ & \Rightarrow \angle BAD=\dfrac{\pi }{4} \\ & \angle A=\angle CAD+\angle BAD \\ & =\dfrac{\pi }{3}+\dfrac{\pi }{4} \\ & =\dfrac{7\pi }{12} \\ & =105{}^\circ \\ \end{align}
Hence $\angle A$, as asked to us in the question = $\dfrac{7\pi }{12}\ or\ 105{}^\circ$.