2021 AMC 10A Spring Problem 17
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17.
Trapezoid has and Let be the intersection of the diagonals and and let be the midpoint of
Given that the length of can be written in the form where and are positive integers and is not divisible by the square of any prime. What is
Answer: D
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Written solution:
Because the median from to is perpendicular to Thus is a right triangle. Let Since we also have so
Since is the midpoint of we have In the similarity, corresponds to so
Also, so
Since and is the midpoint of write Then and so
This gives hence Finally, is right, so
Thus
Thus, D is the correct answer.
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