2021 Fall AMC 12B Problems/Problem 24
Problem
Triangle has side lengths
, and
. The bisector of
intersects
in point
, and intersects the circumcircle of
in point
. The circumcircle of
intersects the line
in points
and
. What is
?
Solution 1
Claim:
Proof: Note that and
meaning that our claim is true by AA similarity.
Because of this similarity, we have that by Power of a Point. Thus,
Now, note that and plug into Law of Cosines to find the angle's cosine:
So, we observe that we can use Law of Cosines again to find :
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Solution 2
By the Inscribed Angle Theorem and the definition of angle bisectors note thatso
. Therefore
. By PoP, we can also express
as
so
and
. Let
. Applying Stewart’s theorem on
with cevian
we have
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Solution 3
This solution is based on this figure: Image:2021_AMC_12B_(Nov)_Problem_24,_sol.png
Denote by the circumcenter of
.
Denote by
the circumradius of
.
In , following from the law of cosines, we have
For
, we have
The fourth equality follows from the property that
,
,
are concyclic.
The fifth and the ninth equalities follow from the property that
,
,
,
are concyclic.
Because bisects
, following from the angle bisector theorem, we have
Hence,
.
In , following from the law of cosines, we have
and
Hence,
and
.
Hence,
.
Now, we are ready to compute whose expression is given in Equation (2).
We get
.
Now, we can compute whose expression is given in Equation (1).
We have
.
Therefore, the answer is .
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See Also
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