Maths Olympiad Prep

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Problem 421

AMC 12 late, AIME early
Geometry Difficulty 4.7 Multiple choice

As shown in Figure 1, in quadrilateral ABCDA B C D, ACA C and BDB D are diagonals, △ABC\triangle A B C is an equilateral triangle, ∠ADC=30∘,AD=3,BD=\angle A D C=30^{\circ}, A D=3, B D= 5. Then the length of CDC D is ( ). [1]{ }^{[1]}

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Official solution

Solve As shown in Figure 2, rotate CDC D clockwise around point CC by 60∘60^{\circ} to get CEC E, and connect DED E and AEA E. Then △CDE\triangle C D E is an equilateral triangle.
Since AC=BCA C=B C,
∠BCD=∠BCA+∠ACD=∠DCE+∠ACD=∠ACE, \begin{aligned} & \angle B C D \\ = & \angle B C A+\angle A C D \\ = & \angle D C E+\angle A C D=\angle A C E, \end{aligned}

Therefore, △BCD≅△ACE⇒BD=AE\triangle B C D \cong \triangle A C E \Rightarrow B D=A E. Also, ∠ADC=30∘\angle A D C=30^{\circ}, so ∠ADE=90∘\angle A D E=90^{\circ}. In the right triangle △ADE\triangle A D E, given AE=5,AD=3A E=5, A D=3, we get DE=AE2−AD2=4⇒CD=DE=4D E=\sqrt{A E^{2}-A D^{2}}=4 \Rightarrow C D=D E=4. Hence, the answer is B.

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