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Answer by John Omielan for Find the segment "DC" in the obtuse triangle below

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Using your result of $\measuredangle CQD = 90^{\circ} + \theta$ and the Law of sines with $\triangle CDQ$ gives

$$\begin{equation}\begin{aligned}\frac{\lvert DC\rvert}{\sin(90^{\circ} + \theta)} & = \frac{\lvert DQ\rvert}{\sin(2\theta)} \\\frac{\lvert DC\rvert}{\cos\theta} & = \frac{\lvert DQ\rvert}{2\sin\theta\cos\theta} \\\lvert DC\rvert & = \frac{\lvert DQ\rvert}{2\sin\theta}\end{aligned}\end{equation}$$

From $\triangle ADQ$, we get

$$\sin\theta = \frac{\lvert DQ\rvert}{\lvert AQ\rvert} \;\;\to\;\; \lvert DQ\rvert = 10\sin\theta$$

Substituting this into the earlier equation results in

$$\lvert DC\rvert = \frac{10\sin\theta}{2\sin\theta} = 5$$

However, this doesn't match your stated answer. In general, $\lvert DC\rvert$ is half that of $\lvert AQ\rvert$, as your diagram also roughly indicates.


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