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geometry senior

Problem

Let . The lines whose equations are and contain points and , respectively, such that is the midpoint of . The length of equals , where and are relatively prime positive integers. Find .
Solution
The coordinates of can be written as and the coordinates of point can be written as . By the midpoint formula, we have and . Solving for gives , so the point is . The answer is twice the distance from to , which by the distance formula is . Thus, the answer is .
Final answer
67