2004 AMC 10B Problems/Problem 24
In triangle we have
,
,
. Point
is on the circumscribed circle of the triangle so that
bisects angle
. What is the value of
?
Solution
Set 's length as
.
's length must also be
since
and
intercept arcs of equal length(because
. Using Ptolemy's Theorem,
. The ratio is
Solution 2
Let . Observe that
because they subtend the same arc. Furthermore,
, so
is similar to
by AAA similarity. Then
. By angle bisector theorem,
so
which gives
. Plugging this into the similarity proportion gives:
.
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