1991 AIME Problems/Problem 14

Problem

A hexagon is inscribed in a circle. Five of the sides have length $81$ and the sixth, denoted by $\overline{AB}$ , has length $31$ . Find the sum of the lengths of the three diagonals that can be drawn from $A_{}^{}$ .

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Solution

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Let $x=AC$ , $y=AD$ , and $z=AE$ . Ptolemy's Theorem on $ABCD$ gives $81y+31\cdot 81=xz$ , and Ptolemy on $ACDE$ gives $x\cdot z+81^2=y^2$ . Subtracting these equations give $y^2-81y-112\cdot 81=0$ , and from this $y=144$ . Ptolemy on $ADEF$ gives $81y+81^2=z^2$ , and from this $z=135$ . Finally, plugging back into the first equation gives $x=105$ , so $x+y+z=105+144+135=384$ .

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