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geometry senior

Problem

In , , and . A circle with center and radius intersects at points and . Moreover and have integer lengths. What is ?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
Solution
Let circle intersect at and as shown. We apply Power of a Point on point with respect to circle This yields the diophantine equation Since lengths cannot be negative, we must have This generates the four solution pairs for : However, by the Triangle Inequality on we see that This implies that we must have
Final answer
D