2008 Mock ARML 1 Problems/Problem 3
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Problem
In regular hexagon with side length
,
intersects
at
, and
intersects
at
. Compute the length of
.
Solution 1
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Let be the foot of the perpendicular from
to
. Since
is an inscribed angle with measure
, it follows that
is a
, and
and
. Also,
. Note that
by ratio
. Thus
.
By the Pythagorean Theorem, . Thus
.
Solution 2
We use coordinates. Consider the diagram in Solution 1. Let . By 30-60-90
triangle ratios, we can get that
, and
. In addition,
and
. The line
is represented by
. The line
is represented by
. The intersection (
) is then
. We additionaly can get that
. Then, by
the distance formula, the length ofis $\sqrt{1^2+\left(\frac{\sqrt3}{6}\right)^2}=\boxed{\frac{\sqrt{39}{6}}}$ (Error compiling LaTeX. Unknown error_msg).
See also
2008 Mock ARML 1 (Problems, Source) | ||
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