2017 AMC 12A Problem 24

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24.

Quadrilateral ABCDABCD is inscribed in circle OO and has sides AB=3,AB=3, BC=2,BC=2, CD=6,CD=6, and DA=8.DA=8. Let XX and YY be points on BDBD such that DXBD=14\dfrac{DX}{BD}=\dfrac{1}{4} and BYBD=1136.\dfrac{BY}{BD}=\dfrac{11}{36}. Let EE be the intersection of line AXAX and the line through YY parallel to AD.AD. Let FF be the intersection of line CXCX and the line through EE parallel to AC.AC. Let GG be the point on circle OO other than CC that lies on line CX.CX. What is XFXG?XF\cdot XG?

1717

59523\dfrac{59-5\sqrt2}{3}

911234\dfrac{91-12\sqrt3}{4}

671023\dfrac{67-10\sqrt2}{3}

1818

Answer: A
Concepts:similaritypower of a pointlaw of cosines
Difficulty rating: 2520
Small Hint:

The parallels give XEYXAD\triangle XEY\sim\triangle XAD and XEFXAC\triangle XEF\sim\triangle XAC

Big Hint:

Combine those ratios with Power of a Point to get XFXG=XBXY;XF\cdot XG=XB\cdot XY; find BD2BD^2 via Law of Cosines

Solution:

Because YEADYE\parallel AD and EFAC,EF\parallel AC, we get XEYXAD\triangle XEY\sim\triangle XAD and XEFXAC,\triangle XEF\sim\triangle XAC, giving XYXE=XDXA\dfrac{XY}{XE}=\dfrac{XD}{XA} and XFXE=XCXA.\dfrac{XF}{XE}=\dfrac{XC}{XA}. Hence XCXD=XFXY,\dfrac{XC}{XD}=\dfrac{XF}{XY}, so XFXD=XCXY.XF\cdot XD=XC\cdot XY.

Power of a Point at XX gives XCXG=XDXB,XC\cdot XG=XD\cdot XB, and combining yields XFXG=XBXY.XF\cdot XG=XB\cdot XY. With d=BD,d=BD, DX=14dDX=\dfrac14 d and BY=1136d,BY=\dfrac{11}{36}d, so XFXG=(d14d)(d14d1136d)=34d49d=d23. \begin{aligned} XF\cdot XG &=\left(d-\tfrac14 d\right) \\ &\quad {}\cdot\left(d-\tfrac14 d-\tfrac{11}{36}d\right) \\ &=\dfrac34 d\cdot\dfrac49 d=\dfrac{d^2}{3}. \end{aligned}

Since ABCDABCD is cyclic, BAD\angle BAD and BCD\angle BCD are supplementary. The Law of Cosines on ABD\triangle ABD and CBD\triangle CBD gives 73d248=d24024,\dfrac{73-d^2}{48}=\dfrac{d^2-40}{24}, so d2=51.d^2=51. Therefore XFXG=513=17.XF\cdot XG=\dfrac{51}{3}=17.

Thus, the correct answer is A.

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