2003 AMC 12B Problems/Problem 21

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Problem

An object moves $8$ cm in a straight line from $A$ to $B$ , turns at an angle $\alpha$ , measured in radians and chosen at random from the interval $(0,\pi)$ , and moves $5$ cm in a straight line to $C$ . What is the probability that $AC < 7$ ?

$\mathrm{(A)}\ \frac{1}{6}\qquad\mathrm{(B)}\ \frac{1}{5}\qquad\mathrm{(C)}\ \frac{1}{4}\qquad\mathrm{(D)}\ \frac{1}{3}\qquad\...$

Solution

By the Law of Cosines, $\begin{align*}AB^2 + AC^2 - 2 AB \cdot AC \cos \alpha = 89 - 80 \cos \alpha = AC^2 &< 49\\\cos \alpha &< \frac ...$

It follows that $0 < \alpha < \frac {\pi}3$ , and the probability is $\frac{\pi/3}{\pi} = \frac 13 \Rightarrow \mathrm{(D)}$ .

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