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Isosceles <math>\triangle ABC</math> has a right angle at <math>C</math>. Point <math>P</math> is inside <math>\triangle ABC</math>, such that <math>PA=11</math>, <math>PB=7</math>, and <math>PC=6</math>. Legs <math>\overline{AC}</math> and <math>\overline{BC}</math> have length <math>s=\sqrt{a+b\sqrt{2}{</math>, where <math>a</math> and <math>b</math> are positive integers. What is <math>a+b</math>? | Isosceles <math>\triangle ABC</math> has a right angle at <math>C</math>. Point <math>P</math> is inside <math>\triangle ABC</math>, such that <math>PA=11</math>, <math>PB=7</math>, and <math>PC=6</math>. Legs <math>\overline{AC}</math> and <math>\overline{BC}</math> have length <math>s=\sqrt{a+b\sqrt{2}{</math>, where <math>a</math> and <math>b</math> are positive integers. What is <math>a+b</math>? |
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Problem
Isosceles has a right angle at
. Point
is inside
, such that
,
, and
. Legs
and
have length $s=\sqrt{a+b\sqrt{2}{$ (Error compiling LaTeX. Unknown error_msg), where
and
are positive integers. What is
?
Solution
Using the Law of Cosines on
, we have:
Using the Law of Cosines on , we have:
Now we use .
Note that we know that we want the solution with since we know that
. Thus,
.
See also
2006 AMC 12B (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | |
Preceded by Problem 22 |
Followed by Problem 24 |
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