2020 AMC 12B Problems/Problem 12
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Problem
Let be a diameter in a circle of radius
Let
be a chord in the circle that intersects
at a point
such that
and
What is
Solution 1 (Pythagorean Theorem)
Let be the center of the circle, and
be the midpoint of
. Let
and
. This implies that
. Since
, we now want to find
. Since
is a right angle, by Pythagorean theorem
. Thus, our answer is
.
~JHawk0224
Solution 2 (Power of a Point)
Let be the center of the circle, and
be the midpoint of
. Draw triangle
, and median
. Because
,
is isosceles, so
is also an altitude of
.
, and because angle
is
degrees and triangle
is right,
. Because triangle
is right,
. Thus,
.
We are looking for +
which is also
.
Because ,
.
By Power of a Point, , so
.
Finally, .
Solution 3 (Law of Cosines)
Let be the center of the circle. Notice how
, where
is the radius of the circle. By applying the law of cosines on triangle
,
. Similarly, by applying the law of cosines on triangle
,
. By subtracting these two equations, we get
. We can rearrange it to get
. Because both
and
are both positive, we can safely divide both sides by
to obtain
. Because
,
. Through power of a point, we can find out that
, so
.
~Math_Wiz_3.14
Solution 4 (Reflections)
Let
be the center of the circle. By reflecting
across the line
to produce
, we have that
. Since
,
. Since
, by the Pythagorean Theorem, our desired solution is just
.
Looking next to circle arcs, we know that
, so
. Since
, and
,
. Thus,
.
Since
, by the Pythagorean Theorem, the desired
.
~sofas103
Video Solutions
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-hhRa93lK4
See Also
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