How to find angle beta in drawing, given BAC is right, AB = AC, BC = CD

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I can not find the beta angle in this problem. Can someone help?
it looks like the answer should be beta = 30 but I can not prove it.


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I can not find the beta angle in this problem. Can someone help?
it looks like the answer should be beta = 30 but I can not prove it.


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Try this: drop a perpendicular from D to s at E, and think about triangle CDE. I found it helpful to assign a length to a segment; I took AB = 1.
 
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