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1972 AHSME Problems/Problem 26

Problem

[asy] real t=pi/8;real u=7*pi/12;real v=13*pi/12; real ct=cos(t);real st=sin(t);real cu=cos(u);real su=sin(u); draw(unitcircle); draw((ct,st)--(-ct,st)--(cos(v),sin(v))); draw((cu,su)--(cu,st)); label("A",(-ct,st),W);label("B",(ct,st),E); label("M",(cu,su),N);label("P",(cu,st),S); label("C",(cos(v),sin(v)),W); //Credit to Zimbalono for the diagram [/asy] In the circle above, $M$ is the midpoint of arc $CAB$ and segment $MP$ is perpendicular to chord $AB$ at $P$. If the measure of chord $AC$ is $x$ and that of segment $AP$ is $(x+1)$, then segment $PB$ has measure equal to

$\textbf{(A) }3x+2\qquad \textbf{(B) }3x+1\qquad \textbf{(C) }2x+3\qquad \textbf{(D) }2x+2\qquad \textbf{(E) }2x+1$

Solution

$\fbox{E}$

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