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(1)
Length of BC must be $(12+9\sqrt{15})/5$
Source: Bstat-Bmath 2017: Problem 2
5/14/2017
Consider a circle of radius
6
6
6
. Let
B
,
C
,
D
B,C,D
B
,
C
,
D
and
E
E
E
be points on the circle such that
B
D
BD
B
D
and
C
E
CE
CE
, when extended, intersect at
A
A
A
. If
A
D
AD
A
D
and
A
E
AE
A
E
have length
5
5
5
and
4
4
4
respectively, and
D
B
C
DBC
D
BC
is a right angle, then show that the length of
B
C
BC
BC
is
12
+
9
15
5
\frac{12+9\sqrt{15}}{5}
5
12
+
9
15
ā
ā
.
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