Topic : solid geometry-Length, Pythagoras theorem
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In trapezoid ABCD, overline{AB} and overline{CD} are perpendicular to overline{AD}, with AB+CD=BC, AB<CD, and AD=7. What is ABcdot CD?

	extbf{(A)} 12 qquad 	extbf{(B)} 12.25 qquad 	extbf{(C)} 12.5 qquad 	extbf{(D)} 12.75 qquad 	extbf{(E)} 13

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In 	riangle ABC, we have AC=BC=7 and AB=2. Suppose that D is a point on line AB such that B lies between A and D and CD=8. What is BD?

mathrm{(A)} 3      qquadmathrm{(B)} 2sqrt{3}      qquadmathrm{(C)} 4      qquadmathrm{(D)} 5      qquadmathrm{(...

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Square ABCD has side length 2. A semicircle with diameter overline{AB} is constructed inside the square, and the tangent to the semicircle from C intersects side overline{AD} at E. What is the length of overline{CE}?

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mathrm{(A)  } frac{2+sqrt{5}}{2} qquad mathrm{(B)  } sqrt{5} qquad mathrm{(C)  } sqrt{6} qquad mathrm{(D)  } ...

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A rectangle with a diagonal of length x is twice as long as it is wide. What is the area of the rectangle?

mathrm{(A)  } frac{1}{4}x^2qquad mathrm{(B)  } frac{2}{5}x^2qquad mathrm{(C)  } frac{1}{2}x^2qquad mathrm{(D)  ...

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A circle of radius 1 is surrounded by 4 circles of radius r as shown. What is r?

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	extbf{(A) } sqrt{2} qquad	extbf{(B) } 1+sqrt{2} qquad	extbf{(C) } sqrt{6} qquad	extbf{(D) } 3 qquad	extbf{(E) } ...

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14. A triangle with side lengths in the ratio 3 : 4 : 5 is inscribed in a circle with radius 3. What is the area of the triangle?

mathrm{(A)} 8.64qquad mathrm{(B)} 12qquad mathrm{(C)} 5piqquad mathrm{(D)} 17.28qquad mathrm{(E)} 18

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A triangle with side lengths in the ratio 3 : 4 : 5 is inscribed in a circle with radius 3. What is the area of the triangle?

mathrm{(A)} 8.64qquad mathrm{(B)} 12qquad mathrm{(C)} 5piqquad mathrm{(D)} 17.28qquad mathrm{(E)} 18

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Points A and C lie on a circle centered at O, each of overline{BA} and overline{BC} are tangent to the circle, and 	riangle ABC is equilateral. The circle intersects overline{BO} at D. What is frac{BD}{BO}?

	ext{(A) } frac {sqrt2}{3}qquad	ext{(B) } frac {1}{2}qquad	ext{(C) } frac {sqrt3}{3}qquad	ext{(D) } frac {sqrt2...

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Triangle ABC has a right angle at B, AB=1, and BC=2. The bisector of angle BAC meets overline{BC} at D. What is BD?

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	ext{(A) } frac {sqrt3 - 1}{2}qquad	ext{(B) } frac {sqrt5 - 1}{2}qquad	ext{(C) } frac {sqrt5 + 1}{2}qquad	ext{(D...

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A right triangle has perimeter 32 and area 20. What is the length of its hypotenuse?

mathrm{(A)} frac{57}{4}qquadmathrm{(B)} frac{59}{4}qquadmathrm{(C)} frac{61}{4}qquadmathrm{(D)} frac{63}{4}qq...

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Nondegenerate 	riangle ABC has integer side lengths, overline{BD} is an angle bisector, AD = 3, and DC=8. What is the smallest possible value of the perimeter?

	extbf{(A)} 30 qquad 	extbf{(B)} 33 qquad 	extbf{(C)} 35 qquad 	extbf{(D)} 36 qquad 	extbf{(E)} 37

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A fly trapped inside a cubical box with side length 1 meter decides to relieve its boredom by visiting each corner of the box. It will begin and end in the same corner and visit each of the other corners exactly once. To get from a corner to any other corner, it will either fly or crawl in a straight line. What is the maximum possible length, in meters, of its path?

	extbf{(A)} 4+4sqrt{2} qquad 	extbf{(B)} 2+4sqrt{2}+2sqrt{3} qquad 	extbf{(C)} 2+3sqrt{2}+3sqrt{3} qquad 	extb...

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Point B is due east of point A. Point C is due north of point B. The distance between points A and C is 10sqrt 2, and angle BAC= 45^circ. Point D is 20 meters due north of point C. The distance AD is between which two integers?


	extbf{(A)} 30 	ext{and} 31 qquad	extbf{(B)} 31 	ext{and} 32 qquad	extbf{(C)} 32 	ext{and} 33 qquad	extbf{...

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If AB=x and CD=y, we have BC=x+y.

By the Pythagorean theorem, we have (x+y)^2=(y-x)^2+49

Solving the equation, we get 4xy=49 implies xy = oxed{	extbf{(B)} 12.25}.


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Draw height CH. We have that BH=1. From the Pythagorean Theorem, CH=sqrt{48}. Since CD=8, HD=sqrt{8^2-48}=sqrt{16}=4, and BD=HD-1, so BD=3<br />
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Solution 1


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Let the point of tangency be F. By the Two Tangent Theorem BC = FC = 2 and AE = EF = x. Thus DE = 2-x. The Pythagorean Theorem on 	riangle CDE yields

egin{align*}DE^2 + CD^2 &= CE^2(2-x)^2 + 2^2 &= (2+x)^2x^2 - 4x + 8 &= x^2 + 4x + 4x &= frac{1}{2}e...

Hence CE = FC + x = frac{5}{2} Rightarrow mathrm{(D)}.


Solution 2


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Clearly, EA = EF = BG. Thus, the sides of right triangle CDE are in arithmetic progression. Thus it is similar to the triangle 3 - 4 - 5 and since DC = 2, CE = 5/2.


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Let the width of the rectangle be w. Then the length is 2w

Using the Pythagorean Theorem:

x^{2}=w^{2}+(2w)^{2}

x^{2}=5w^{2}

w=frac{x}{sqrt{5}}

2w=frac{2x}{sqrt{5}}

So the area of the rectangle is w cdot 2w = frac{x}{sqrt{5}} cdot frac{2x}{sqrt{5}} = frac{2}{5}x^{2} Longrightarrow mathrm{(B)}


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Solution 1

You can express the line connecting the centers of an outer circle and the inner circle in two different ways. You can add the radius of both circles to get r+1. You can also add the radius of two outer circles and use a 45-45-90 triangle to get frac{2r}{sqrt{2}} = rsqrt{2}. Since both representations are for the same thing, you can set them equal to each other.
egin{align*}r+1&=rsqrt{2}1&=r(sqrt{2}-1)end{align*}
r = frac{1}{sqrt{2}-1} = frac{sqrt{2}+1}{2-1} = oxed{mathrm{(B)  } 1 + sqrt{2}}

Solution 2

You can solve this problem by setting up a simple equation with the Pythagorean Theorem. The hypotenuse would be a segment that includes the radius of two circles on opposite corners and the diameter of the middle circle. This results in 2r+2. The two legs are each the length between two large, adjacent circles, thus 2r.
Using the Pythagorean Theorem:
egin{align*}(2r+2)^2 = 2(2r)^24r^2+8r+4=8r^2r^2+2r+1=2r^2r^2-2r-1=0r=frac{2+sqrt{4-(-4)}}{2}=frac{2+sqrt{2}}{2}...


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Since 3-4-5 is a Pythagorean triple, the triangle is a right triangle. Since the hypotenuse is a diameter of the circumcircle, the hypotenuse is 2r = 6. Then the other legs are frac{24}5=4.8 and frac{18}5=3.6. The area is frac{4.8 cdot 3.6}2 = 8.64 mathrm{(A)}


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Solution 1


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As 	riangle ABC is equilateral, we have angle BAC = angle BCA = 60^circ, hence angle OAC = angle OCA = 30^circ. Then angla AOC = 120^circ, and from symmetry we have angle AOB = angle COB = 60^circ. Finally this gives us angle ABO = angle CBO = 30^circ.

We know that DO = AO, as D lies on the circle. From 	riangle ABO we also have AO = BO sin 30^circ = frac{BO}2, Hence DO = frac{BO}2, therefore BD = BO - DO = frac{BO}2, and frac{BD}{BO} = oxed{frac 12}.


Solution 2


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As in the previous solution, we find out that angle AOB = angle COB = 60^circ. Hence 	riangle AOD and 	riangle COD are both equilateral.

We then have angle SCD = angle SAD = 30^circ, hence D is the incenter of 	riangle ABC, and as 	riangle ABC is equilateral, D is also its centroid. Hence 2 cdot SD = BD, and as SD = SO, we have 2cdot SD = SD + SO = OD, therefore BD=OD, and as before we conclude that frac{BD}{BO} = oxed{frac 12}.


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By the Pythagorean Theorem, AC=sqrt5. The Angle Bisector Theorem now yields that

frac{BD}{1}=frac{2-BD}{sqrt5}BDleft(1+frac{1}{sqrt5}<br />
ight)=frac{2}{sqrt5}BD(sqrt5+1)=2BD=frac{2}{sqrt5+1}=...


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Let the legs of the triangle have lengths a,b. Then, by the Pythagorean Theorem, the length of the hypotenuse is sqrt{a^2+b^2}, and the area of the triangle is frac 12 ab. So we have the two equations


egin{align}a+b+sqrt{a^2+b^2} &= 32 frac{1}{2}ab &= 20end{align}

Re-arranging the first equation and squaring,


egin{align*}sqrt{a^2+b^2} &= 32-(a+b)a^2 + b^2 &= 32^2 - 64(a+b) + (a+b)^2a^2 + b^2 + 64(a+b) &= a^2 + b^2...

From (2) we have 2ab = 80, so


a+b &= frac{80 + 32^2}{64} = frac{69}{4}.

The length of the hypotenuse is p - a - b = 32 - frac{69}{4} = frac{59}{4} mathrm{(B)}.


Solution 2


From the formula A = rs, where A is the area of a triangle, r is its inradius, and s is the semiperimeter, we can find that r = frac{20}{32/2} = frac{5}{4}. It is known that in a right triangle, r = s - h, where h is the hypotenuse, so h = 16 - frac{5}{4} = frac{59}{4}.


Solution 3


From the problem, we know that


egin{align*}a+b+c &= 32 2ab &= 80. end{align*}

Subtracting c from both sides of the first equation and squaring both sides, we get


egin{align*}(a+b)^2 &= (32 - c)^2a^2 + b^2 + 2ab &= 32^2 + c^2 - 64c.end{align*}

Now we substitute in a^2 + b^2 = c^2 as well as 2ab = 80 into the equation to get


egin{align*}80 &= 1024 - 64cc &= frac{944}{64}.end{align*}

Further simplification yields the result of frac{59}{4}.


Solution 4


Let a and b be the legs of the triangle, and c the hypotenuse.

Since the area is 20, we have frac{1}{2}ab = 20 => ab=40.

Since the perimeter is 32, we have a + b + c = 32.

The Pythagorean Theorem gives c^2 = a^2 + b^2.

This gives us three equations with three variables:


ab = 40 a + b + c = 32 c^2 = a^2 + b^2

Rewrite equation 3 as c^2 = (a+b)^2 - 2ab.
Substitute in equations 1 and 2 to get c^2 = (32-c)^2 - 80.


c^2 = (32-c)^2 - 80 c^2 = 1024 - 64c + c^2 - 80 64c = 944 c = frac{944}{64} = frac{236}{16} = frac{59}{4}.

The answer is choice (B).


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By the Angle Bisector Theorem, we know that frac{AB}{3} = frac{BC}{8}. If we use the lowest possible integer values for AB and BC (the measures of AD and DC, respectively), then AB + BC = AD + DC = AC, contradicting the Triangle Inequality. If we use the next lowest values (AB = 6 and BC = 16), the Triangle Inequality is satisfied. Therefore, our answer is 6 + 16 + 3 + 8 = oxed{33}, or choice 	extbf{(B)}.


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The distance of an interior diagonal in this cube is sqrt{3} and the distance of a diagonal on one of the square faces is sqrt{2}. It is not possible for the fly to travel any interior diagonal twice, as then it would visit a corner more than once. So, the final sum can have at most 4 as the coefficient of sqrt{3}. The other 4 paths taken can be across a diagonal on one of the faces (try to find a such path!), so the maximum distance traveled is 	extbf{(D)} 4sqrt{2}+4sqrt{3}.


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By constructing the bisectors of each angle and the perpendicular radii of the incircle the triangle consists of 3 kites.


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Hence AD=AF and BD=BE and CE=CF. Let AD = x, BD = y and CE = z gives three equations:

x+y = a-1

x+z = a

y+z = a+1

(where a = 2012 for the first triangle.)

Solving gives:

x= frac{a}{2} - 1

y = frac{a}{2}

z = frac{a}{2}+1

Subbing in gives that T_2 has sides of 1005, 1006, 1007.

T_3 can easily be derivied from this as the sides still differ by 1 hence the above solutions still work (now with a=1006). All additional triangles will differ by one as the solutions above differ by one so this process can be repeated indefinately until the side lengths no longer form a triangle.

Subbing in gives T_3 with sides 502, 503, 504.

T_4 has sides frac{501}{2}, frac{503}{2}, frac{505}{2}.

T_5 has sides frac{499}{4}, frac{503}{4}, frac{507}{4}.

T_6 has sides frac{495}{8}, frac{503}{8}, frac{511}{8}.

T_7 has sides frac{487}{16}, frac{503}{16}, frac{519}{16}.

T_8 has sides frac{471}{32}, frac{503}{32}, frac{535}{32}.

T_9 has sides frac{439}{64}, frac{503}{64}, frac{567}{64}.

T_{10} has sides frac{375}{128}, frac{503}{128}, frac{631}{128}.

T_{11} would have sides frac{247}{256}, frac{503}{256}, frac{759}{256} but these length do not make a
triangle as frac{247}{256} + frac{503}{256} < frac{759}{256}.

Hence the perimeter is frac{375}{128} + frac{503}{128} + frac{631}{128} = oxed{	extbf{(D)} frac{1509}{128}}
lacksquare