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geometry senior

Problem

Let be an isosceles trapezoid with whose angle at the longer base is . The diagonals have length , and point is at distances and from vertices and , respectively. Let be the foot of the altitude from to . The distance can be expressed in the form , where and are positive integers and is not divisible by the square of any prime. Find .
Solution
Assuming that is a triangle and applying the triangle inequality, we see that . However, if is strictly greater than , then the circle with radius and center does not touch , which implies that , a contradiction. As a result, A, D, and E are collinear. Therefore, . Thus, and are triangles. Hence , and Finally, the answer is .
Final answer
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