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geometry senior

Problem

Circles and , both centered at , have radii and , respectively. Equilateral triangle , whose interior lies in the interior of but in the exterior of , has vertex on , and the line containing side is tangent to . Segments and intersect at , and . Then can be written in the form for positive integers , , , with . What is ?
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Solution
Let be the point of tangency between and , and be the midpoint of . Note that and . This implies that , and . Thus, . If we let be the side length of , then it follows that and . This implies that , so . Furthermore, (because ) so this gives us the equation to solve for the side length , or . Thus, The problem asks for .
Final answer
E