2003 AIME I Problem 12

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Concepts:law of cosinesdifference of squares

Difficulty rating: 2560

12.

In convex quadrilateral ABCD,ABCD, AC,\angle A \cong \angle C, AB=CD=180,AB = CD = 180, and ADBC.AD \ne BC. The perimeter of ABCDABCD is 640.640. Find 1000cosA.\lfloor 1000 \cos A \rfloor. (The notation x\lfloor x \rfloor means the greatest integer that is less than or equal to x.x.)

Solution:

Let A=C=α,\angle A = \angle C = \alpha, AD=x,AD = x, and BC=y.BC = y. Applying the Law of Cosines to diagonal BDBD in triangles ABDABD and CDB,CDB, BD2=x2+18022180xcosα=y2+18022180ycosα.BD^2 = x^2 + 180^2 - 2 \cdot 180x\cos\alpha = y^2 + 180^2 - 2 \cdot 180y\cos\alpha.

Rearranging gives x2y2=2180(xy)cosα,x^2 - y^2 = 2 \cdot 180(x - y)\cos\alpha, and since xyx \ne y we may divide by xy:x - y: cosα=x+y360=6402180360=280360=79.\cos\alpha = \frac{x + y}{360} = \frac{640 - 2 \cdot 180}{360} = \frac{280}{360} = \frac{7}{9}.

Then 1000cosA=70009=777.7,1000\cos A = \frac{7000}{9} = 777.7\ldots, so 1000cosA=777.\lfloor 1000\cos A \rfloor = 777.

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