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Revision as of 10:23, 18 August 2018
Problem
In the unit circle shown in the figure, chords and
are parallel to the unit radius
of the circle with center at
. Chords
,
, and
are each
units long and chord
is
units long.
Of the three equations
those which are necessarily true are
Solution
First, let be on circle
so
is a diameter. In order to prove that the three statements are true (or false), we first show that
and then we examine each statement one by one.
Lemma 1:
Since by the Base Angle Theorem,
By the Alternating Interior Angle Theorem,
making
by SAS Congruency. That means
by CPCTC.
Because is a cyclic quadrilateral,
so
That makes
an isosceles trapezoid, so
Lemma 2: Showing Statement I is (or isn’t) true
Let be the intersection of
and
By SSS Congruency,
so
We know that
is a cyclic quadrilateral, so
so
That makes
a parallelogram, so
Thus,
In addition, and by the Base Anlge Theorem and Vertical Angle Theorem,
That means by AAS Congruency,
so
.
By the Base Angle Theorem and the Alternating Interior Angle Theorem, so by ASA Congruency,
Thus,
Statement I is true.
Lemma 3: Showing Statement II is (or isn’t) true
From Lemma 2, we have . Draw point
on
such that
making
Since we have
Additionally,
and
so by SAS Congruency,
That means
Since is an inscribed angle,
Additionally,
, so
bisects
Thus,
making
by SAS Similarity.
By using the similarity, we find that
Thus, Statement II is true.
Lemma 4: Showing Statement III is (or isn’t) true
From Lemmas 2 and 3, we have and
. Squaring the first equation results in
Adding
to both sides results in
Since
is positive, we find that
which confirms that Statement III is true.
In summary, all three statements are true, so the answer is
See Also
1973 AHSC (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | ||
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