2005 AIME II Problems/Problem 14
Problem
In triangle and
Point
is on
with
Point
is on
such that
Given that
where
and
are relatively prime positive integers, find
Solution
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By the Law of Sines and since , we have
\frac{CD \cdot CE}{AC^2} &= \frac{\sin CAD}{\sin ADC} \cdot \frac{\sin CAE}{\sin AEC}
= \frac{\sin BAE \sin BAD}{\sin ADB \sin AEB} = \frac{\sin BAE}{\sin AEB} \cdot \frac{\sin BAD}{\sin ADB}\\ &= \frac{BE \cdot BD}{AB^2}
\end{align*}$ (Error compiling LaTeX. Unknown error_msg)Substituting our knowns, we have . The answer is
.
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