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Problem 10
A circle with center has radius 25. Chord
of length 30 and chord
of length 14 intersect at point
. The distance between the midpoints of the two chords is 12. The quantity
can be represented as
, where
and
are relatively prime positive integers. Find the remainder when
is divided by 1000.
Solution
Let and
be the midpoints of
and
, respectively, such that
intersects
.
Since and
are midpoints,
and
.
and
are located on the circumference of the circle, so
.
The line through the midpoint of a chord of a circle and the center of that circle is perpendicular to that chord, so and
are right triangles (with
and
being the right angles). By the Pythagorean Theorem,
, and
.
Let ,
, and
be lengths
,
, and
, respectively. OEP and OFP are also right triangles, so
, and
We are given that has length 12, so, using the Law of Cosines with
:
Substituting for and
, and applying the Cosine of Sum formula:
and
are acute angles in right triangles, so substitute opposite/hypotenuse for sines and adjacent/hypotenuse for cosines:
Combine terms and multiply both sides by : $144 x^2 = 2 x^4 - 976 x^2 - 2 (x^2 - 400) (x^2 - 576) + 960 \sqrt{(x^2 - 400)(x^2 - 576)$ (Error compiling LaTeX. Unknown error_msg)
Combine terms again, and divide both sides by 64:
Square both sides:
This reduces to ;
.
See also
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