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Problem
A bee starts flying from point . She flies inch due east to point . For , once the bee reaches point , she turns counterclockwise and then flies inches straight to point . When the bee reaches she is exactly inches away from , where , , and are positive integers and and are not divisible by the square of any prime. What is ?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
Solution
Let , a counterclockwise rotation centered at the origin. Notice that on the complex plane is: We need to find the magnitude of on the complex plane. This is an arithmetico-geometric series. We want to find . First, note that because . Therefore Hence, since , we have Now we just have to find . This can just be computed directly: Therefore . Thus the answer is .
Final answer
B