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Square <math>ABCD</math> has side length <math>s</math>, a circle centered at <math>E</math> has radius <math>r</math>, and <math>r</math> and <math>s</math> are both rational. The circle passes through <math>D</math>, and <math>D</math> lies on <math>\overline{BE}</math>. Point <math>F</math> lies on the circle, on the same side of <math>\overline{BE}</math> as <math>A</math>. Segment <math>AF</math> is tangent to the circle, and <math>AF=\sqrt{9+5\sqrt{2}}</math>. What is <math>r/s</math>? | Square <math>ABCD</math> has side length <math>s</math>, a circle centered at <math>E</math> has radius <math>r</math>, and <math>r</math> and <math>s</math> are both rational. The circle passes through <math>D</math>, and <math>D</math> lies on <math>\overline{BE}</math>. Point <math>F</math> lies on the circle, on the same side of <math>\overline{BE}</math> as <math>A</math>. Segment <math>AF</math> is tangent to the circle, and <math>AF=\sqrt{9+5\sqrt{2}}</math>. What is <math>r/s</math>? | ||
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Revision as of 15:07, 19 July 2022
Problem
Square has side length
, a circle centered at
has radius
, and
and
are both rational. The circle passes through
, and
lies on
. Point
lies on the circle, on the same side of
as
. Segment
is tangent to the circle, and
. What is
?

Solutions
Solution 1
One possibility is to use the coordinate plane, setting at the origin. Point
will be
and
will be
since
, and
are collinear and contain a diagonal of
. The Pythagorean theorem results in
This implies that and
; dividing gives us
.
Solution 2
First note that angle is right since
is tangent to the circle. Using the Pythagorean Theorem on
, then, we see
But it can also be seen that . Therefore, since
lies on
,
. Using the Law of Cosines on
, we see
Thus, since and
are rational,
and
. So
,
, and
.
Solution 3
(Similar to Solution 1)
First, draw line AE and mark a point Z that is equidistant from E and D so that and that line
includes point D. Since DE is equal to the radius
,
Note that triangles and
share the same hypotenuse
, meaning that
Plugging in our values we have:
By logic
and
Therefore,
See Also
2006 AMC 12A (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | |
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