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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 ?
Solution
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 .
See also
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