2015 AMC 10B Problem 19
Problem 19 of 25HarderGeometry
In and Squares and are constructed outside of the triangle. The points and lie on a circle. What is the perimeter of the triangle?
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Solution
The center of the circle through lies on the perpendicular bisectors of and . These are also the perpendicular bisectors of and , so the same point is the circumcenter of right triangle .
Therefore the center is the midpoint of hypotenuse , so . Let and . Then .
From the square on , . From the square on , the corresponding radius also gives . Hence Subtracting from this equation gives . But as well, so . Since , we get .
Thus , and the perimeter is .
Thus, the correct answer is C.