Solving Triangles
Find \(PC.\)
Note: This length can be expressed as \(\sqrt{\dfrac{A}{B}}\), where \(A,B\) are coprime positive integers. Submit the value of \(A+B\) as your answer.
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Satyajit Mohanty
Aeroplanes A and B are flying with constant speed in the same vertical plane at angles 30° and 60° with respect to the horizontal, respectively, as shown in the figure.
The airspeed of A is \(100 \sqrt{3} \) meters per second. Initially, an observer in A sees B directly ahead and at the same altitude at a (horizontal) distance of 500 m.
Assuming they take no evasive action and collide, after how many seconds does this happen?
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Hrishikesh Kulkarni
An ant is lost in a square, and his distances to the vertices of the square are 7, 35, 49, and \(x.\) Find \(x.\)
Note: The image is not drawn to scale.
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Guiseppi Butel
Quadrilateral \(ABCD\) has \(AB=CD,\) and the acute angles \(B\) and \(C\) satisfy \(\sin B = \frac{4}{9}\) and \(\sin C= \frac{5}{6}.\) Find \[\frac{\text{area of }\color{red}{\triangle ABC}}{\text{area of }\color{blue}{\triangle BDC}}.\]
Give your answer to 3 decimal places.
- The image is not drawn to scale.
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Eli Ross
In triangle \( ABC\), \(\angle ACB = 90^\circ \). Points \(A, D, E,\) and \(B\) are consecutive points on side \(AB\) such that \(\overline{AD}=\overline{DE}=\overline{EB}\). If there exists \( \theta\) such that \( \overline{CD} = 5 \cos \theta\) and \(\overline{CE} = 5 \sin \theta \), what is \(\overline{AB}^2?\)
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Calvin Lin