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algebra intermediate
Problem
The line segment formed by and is rotated to the line segment formed by and about the point . What is ?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
Solution
Due to rotations preserving an equal distance, we can bash the answer with the distance formula. , and . Thus we will square our equations to yield: , and . Canceling from the second equation makes it clear that equals . Substituting will yield . Now .
Final answer
E