2001 AMC 10 Problems/Problem 24
Problem
In trapezoid 
, 
and 
are perpendicular to 
, with 
, 
, and 
. What is 
?
Solution
[asy] /* Geogebra to Asymptote conversion, documentation at artofproblemsolving.com/Wiki, go to User:Azjps/geogebra */ import graph; size(7cm); real labelscalefactor = 0.5; /* changes label-to-point distance */ pen dps = linewidth(0.7) + fontsize(10); defaultpen(dps); /* default pen style */ pen dotstyle = black; /* point style */ real xmin = -4.3, xmax = 7.3, ymin = -3.16, ymax = 6.3; /* image dimensions */
/* draw figures */
draw(circle((0.2,4.92), 1.3));
draw(circle((1.04,1.58), 2.14));
draw((-1.1,4.92)--(0.2,4.92));
draw((0.2,4.92)--(1.04,1.58));
draw((1.04,1.58)--(-1.1,1.58));
draw((-1.1,1.58)--(-1.1,4.92));
/* dots and labels */
dot((-1.1,4.92),dotstyle);
label("
", (-1.02,5.12), NE * labelscalefactor);
dot((0.2,4.92),dotstyle);
label("
", (0.28,5.12), NE * labelscalefactor);
dot((-1.1,1.58),dotstyle);
label("
", (-1.02,1.78), NE * labelscalefactor);
dot((1.04,1.58),dotstyle);
label("
", (1.12,1.78), NE * labelscalefactor);
clip((xmin,ymin)--(xmin,ymax)--(xmax,ymax)--(xmax,ymin)--cycle);
/* end of picture */
[/asy]
If 
and 
,then 
. By the Pythagorean theorem, we have 
Solving the equation, we get 
.
See Also
| 2001 AMC 10 (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | ||
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