2021 Fall AMC 12A Problem 24
Convex quadrilateral has and In some order, the lengths of the four sides form an arithmetic progression, and side is a side of maximum length. The length of another side is What is the sum of all possible values of
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Since is the largest, the four sides are Placing and with let and Then so
Write for Substituting the permutations of for gives the nonzero candidates respectively. Positivity of requires leaving only and The case also gives a valid rhombus.
Thus the side sets are and
The possible values of a non- side length are whose sum is
Thus, the correct answer is E.