2001 AIME II Problems/Problem 13
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[hide]Problem
In quadrilateral , and , , , and . The length may be written in the form , where and are relatively prime positive integers. Find .
Solution 1
Extend and to meet at . Then, since and , we know that . Hence , and is isosceles. Then .
Using the similarity, we have:
The answer is .
Extension: To Find , use Law of Cosines on to get
Then since use Law of Cosines on to find
Solution 2
Draw a line from , parallel to , and let it meet at . Note that is similar to by AA similarity, since and since is parallel to then . Now since is a trapezoid, . By the similarity, we have , hence .
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