2016 AMC 10A Problem 24

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24.

A quadrilateral is inscribed in a circle of radius 2002.200\sqrt{2}. Three of the sides of this quadrilateral have length 200.200. What is the length of the fourth side?

200200

2002200\sqrt{2}

2003200\sqrt{3}

3002300\sqrt{2}

500500

Answer: E
Concepts:cyclic quadrilateralchordtriple-angle identity
Difficulty rating: 2300
Solution:

Label the quadrilateral ABCDABCD, with AB=BC=CD=200AB=BC=CD=200. Let each of these equal chords subtend central angle 2θ2\theta. The chord formula gives 200=2(2002)sinθ,200=2(200\sqrt2)\sin\theta, so sinθ=122\sin\theta=\frac{1}{2\sqrt2}. In particular, θ<30\theta<30^\circ, so the smaller central angle subtended by ADAD is 6θ<1806\theta<180^\circ.

Therefore another use of the chord formula gives AD=2(2002)sin(3θ).AD=2(200\sqrt2)\sin(3\theta). Using sin(3θ)=3sinθ4sin3θ\sin(3\theta)=3\sin\theta-4\sin^3\theta, we obtain sin(3θ)=322142=542. \begin{aligned} \sin(3\theta) &=\frac{3}{2\sqrt2}-\frac{1}{4\sqrt2} \\ &=\frac{5}{4\sqrt2}. \end{aligned}

Hence AD=4002542=500.AD=400\sqrt2\cdot\frac{5}{4\sqrt2}=500.

Thus, the correct answer is E.

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