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2007 AMC 12A Problem 19

Problem 19 of 25HarderGeometry

Triangles ABCABC and ADEADE have areas 20072007 and 7002,7002, respectively, with B=(0,0),B=(0,0), C=(223,0),C=(223,0), D=(680,380),D=(680,380), and E=(689,389).E=(689,389). What is the sum of all possible xx-coordinates of A?A?

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The altitude hh from AA in ABC\triangle ABC satisfies 2007=12223h,2007=\tfrac12\cdot 223\cdot h, so h=18.h=18. Thus AA lies on y=18y=18 or y=18.y=-18. Line DEDE has equation xy300=0.x-y-300=0. The condition on ADE\triangle ADE similarly places AA on one of two lines parallel to DE.DE. The four possible positions of AA are the vertices of a parallelogram whose center is the intersection of y=0y=0 with line DE,DE, namely (300,0).(300,0). Hence the sum of the four xx-coordinates is 4300=1200.4\cdot 300=1200. Thus, the correct answer is E.

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