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Problem
A circle with diameter of length 10 is internally tangent at
to a circle of radius 20. Square
is constructed with
and
on the larger circle,
tangent at
to the smaller circle, and the smaller circle outside
. The length of
can be written in the form
, where
and
are integers. Find
.
Note: The diagram was not given during the actual contest.
Solution
Call the center of the larger circle . Extend the diameter
to the other side of the square (at point
), and draw
. We now have a right triangle, with hypotenuse of length
. Since
, we know that
. The other leg,
, is just
.
Apply the Pythagorean Theorem:
The quadratic formula shows that the answer is . Discard the negative root, so our answer is
.
See also
1994 AIME (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | ||
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Followed by Problem 3 | |
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