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Problem
Points and
are on a circle of radius
and
. Point
is the midpoint of the minor arc
. What is the length of the line segment
?
Solution
Let the center of the circle be , and let
be the intersection of
and
(then
is the midpoint of
).
, since they are both radii.
By the Pythagorean Theorem, , and by subtraction,
.
Using the Pythagorean Theorem again, .
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See also
2008 AMC 10B (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | ||
Preceded by Problem 9 |
Followed by Problem 11 | |
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All AMC 10 Problems and Solutions |
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