2022 AMC 12B Problems/Problem 14
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Problem
The graph of intersects the
-axis at points
and
and the
-axis at point
. What is
?
Diagram
~MRENTHUSIASM
Solution 1 (Dot Product)
First, find ,
, and
. Create vectors
and
These can be reduced to
and
, respectively. Then, we can use the dot product to calculate the cosine of the angle (where
) between them:
Thus,
~Indiiiigo
Solution 2
Note that intersects the
-axis at points
and
. Without loss of generality, let these points be
and
respectively. Also, the graph intersects the y-axis at point
.
Let point denote the origin
. It follows that triangles
and
are right.
We have
Alternatively, we can use the Pythagorean Theorem to find that and
and then use the
area formula for a triangle and the Law of Cosines to find
.
Solution 3
Like above, we set to
,
to
, and
to
, then finding via the Pythagorean Theorem that
and
. Using the Law of Cosines, we see that
Then, we use the identity
to get
~ jamesl123456
Solution 4
We can reflect the figure, but still have the same angle. This problem is the same as having points ,
, and
, where we're solving for angle FED. We can use the formula for
to solve now where
is the
-axis to angle
and
is the
-axis to angle
.
and
. Plugging these values into the
formula, we get
which is
~mathboy100 (minor LaTeX edits)
Solution 5
We use the identity
Note that has side-lengths
and
from Pythagorean theorem, with the area being
We equate the areas together to get:
from which
From Pythagorean identity,
Then we use , to obtain
- SAHANWIJETUNGA
See Also
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