2022 AMC 12B Problems/Problem 19
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In medians and intersect at and is equilateral. Then can be written as , where and are relatively prime positive integers and is a positive integer not divisible by the square of any prime. What is
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Solution 1 (Law of Cosines)
Let . Since is the midpoint of , we must have .
Since the centroid splits the median in a ratio, and .
Applying Law of Cosines on and yields and . Finally, applying Law of Cosines on yields . The requested sum is .
Solution 2 (Law of Cosines: One Fewer Step)
Let . Since (as is the centroid), . Also, and . By the law of cosines (applied on ), .
Applying the law of cosines again on gives , so the answer is .
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