2011 AMC 12A Problems/Problem 13
Problem
Triangle has side-lengths
and
The line through the incenter of
parallel to
intersects
at
and $\overbar{AC}$ (Error compiling LaTeX. Unknown error_msg) at
What is the perimeter of
Solution
Let be the incenter. Because
and
is the angle bisector, we have
It then follows due to alternate interior angles and base angles of isosceles triangles that . Similarly,
. The perimeter of
then becomes
See also
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