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Problem
Triangle is a right triangle with
as its right angle,
, and
. Let
be randomly chosen inside
, and extend
to meet
at
. What is the probability that
?
Solution
Clearly and
. Choose a
and get a corresponding
such that
and
. For
we need
. Thus the point
may only lie in the triangle
. The probability of it doing so is the ratio of areas of
to
, or equivalently, the ratio of
to
because the triangles have identical altitudes when taking
and
as bases. This ratio is equal to
. Thus the answer is
.
See Also
21 AMC 12A (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | |
Preceded by Problem 22 |
Followed by 23 |
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All AMC 12 Problems and Solutions |