1994 AIME Problems/Problem 2
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Problem
A circle with diameter 
of length 10 is internally tangent at 
to a circle of radius 20. Square 
is constructed with 
and 
on the larger circle, 
tangent at 
to the smaller circle, and the smaller circle outside . The length of 
can be written in the form 
, where 
and 
are integers. Find 
.
Solution
Call the center of the larger circle 
. Extend the diameter to the other side of the square (at point 
), and draw 
. We now have a right triangle, with hypotenuse of length 
. Since 
, we know that 
. The other leg, 
, is just 
.
Apply the Pythagorean Theorem:
The quadratic formula shows that the answer is 
. Discard the negative root, so our answer is 
.
See also
| 1994 AIME (Problems • Resources) | ||
| Preceded by Problem 1 | Followed by Problem 3 | |
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