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Revision as of 16:09, 4 March 2016
Problem
In 
let 
be the center of the inscribed circle, and let the bisector of 
intersect 
at 
. The line through 
and intersects the circumscribed circle of at the two points and 
. If 
and 
, then 
, where 
and 
are relatively prime positive integers. Find 
.
Solution
It is well known that 
and so we have 
. Then 
and so 
and from the angle bisector theorem 
so 
and our answer is 
See also
| 2016 AIME I (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | ||
| Preceded by Problem 5 |
Followed by Problem 7 | |
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