2025 AMC 12A Problem 8

The inscribed angle $\angle BEC = 30^\circ$ subtends arc $BC = 60^\circ,$ so $\angle BAC,$ which also subtends arc $BC,$ equals $30^\circ.$ Likewise $\angle CAD = 30^\circ.$ Thus $AC$ bisects $\angle BAD = 60^\circ.$ In $\triangle ABD,$ $$\begin{aligned} BD^2 &= 9^2 + 24^2 \\ &\quad {}- 2(9)(24)\cos 60^\circ \\ &= 657 - 216 = 441, \end{aligned}$$ so $BD = 21.$ Since $AF$ (along $AC$) bisects $\angle BAD,$ the Angle Bisector Theorem gives $\dfrac{BF}{FD} = \dfrac{AB}{AD} = \dfrac{9}{24} = \dfrac{3}{8}.$ Hence $BF = \dfrac{3}{11}\cdot 21 = \dfrac{63}{11}.$ Thus, the correct answer is E.