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== Solution == | == Solution == |
Revision as of 11:38, 13 August 2014
Problem
Points and
lie on a circle centered at
, each of
and
are tangent to the circle, and
is equilateral. The circle intersects
at
. What is
?
Solution
Solution 1
As is equilateral, we have
, hence
. Then $\angla AOC = 120^\circ$ (Error compiling LaTeX. Unknown error_msg), and from symmetry we have
. Finally this gives us
.
We know that , as
lies on the circle. From
we also have
, Hence
, therefore
, and
.
Solution 2
As in the previous solution, we find out that . Hence
and
are both equilateral.
We then have , hence
is the incenter of
, and as
is equilateral,
is also its centroid. Hence
, and as
, we have
, therefore
, and as before we conclude that
.
See Also
2009 AMC 10B (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | ||
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Followed by Problem 17 | |
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