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geometry senior
Problem
Trapezoid has , and . Let be the intersection of the diagonals and , and let be the midpoint of . Given that , the length of can be written in the form , where and are positive integers and is not divisible by the square of any prime. What is ?
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(B)
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(D)
Solution
Angle chasing reveals that , therefore or . Additional angle chasing shows that , therefore or and . Since is right, the Pythagorean theorem implies that The answer is . Angle Chasing: If we set , then we know that because is isosceles. Then, , so is a right angle. Because and , we conclude that too. Lastly, because and are both right triangles, they are similar by AA.
Final answer
D