2021 AMC 12A Problems/Problem 17
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[hide]Problem
Trapezoid has
, and
. Let
be the intersection of the diagonals
and
, and let
be the midpoint of
. Given that
, the length of
can be written in the form
, where
and
are positive integers and
is not divisible by the square of any prime. What is
?
Solution 1
Angle chasing reveals that , therefore
Additional angle chasing shows that
, therefore
Since
is right, the Pythagorean theorem implies that
~mn28407
Video Solution (Using Similar Triangles, Pythagorean Theorem)
~ pi_is_3.14
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