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2021 AMC 10A Problem 17

Problem 17 of 25IntermediateGeometry

Trapezoid ABCDABCD has ABCD,\overline{AB}\parallel\overline{CD}, BC=CD=43,BC=CD=43, and ADBD.\overline{AD}\perp\overline{BD}. Let OO be the intersection of the diagonals AC\overline{AC} and BD,\overline{BD}, and let PP be the midpoint of BD.\overline{BD}. Given that OP=11,OP=11, the length of ADAD can be written in the form mn,m\sqrt{n}, where mm and nn are positive integers and nn is not divisible by the square of any prime. What is m+n?m+n?

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Because BC=CD,BC=CD, the median from CC to BDBD is perpendicular to BD.BD. Thus BPC\triangle BPC is a right triangle. Let DBC=α.\angle DBC=\alpha. Since ABCD,AB\parallel CD, we also have ABD=α,\angle ABD=\alpha, so BPCBDA.\triangle BPC\sim\triangle BDA. Since PP is the midpoint of BD,BD, we have BDBP=2.\frac{BD}{BP}=2. In the similarity, BCBC corresponds to AB,AB, so ABBC=2,AB=243=86. \begin{aligned} \frac{AB}{BC} &=2, \\ AB &=2\cdot43=86. \end{aligned} Also, ABOCDO,\triangle ABO\sim\triangle CDO, so BOOD=ABCD=2.\frac{BO}{OD}=\frac{AB}{CD}=2. Since OP=11OP=11 and PP is the midpoint of BD,BD, write BP=PD=t.BP=PD=t. Then BO=t+11BO=t+11 and OD=t11,OD=t-11, so t+11t11=2.\frac{t+11}{t-11}=2. This gives t=33,t=33, hence BD=66.BD=66. Finally, ABD\triangle ABD is right, so AD=AB2BD2=862662=4190. \begin{aligned} AD &= \sqrt{AB^2-BD^2} \\ &= \sqrt{86^2-66^2} \\ &= 4\sqrt{190}. \end{aligned} Thus m+n=4+190=194.m+n=4+190=194. Thus, D is the correct answer.

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Concepts: trapezoid · similarity · Pythagorean Theorem

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