CEMC Euclid, 2001

Combinatorics Difficulty 3.0 AMC 10/12 Prove it Canada

In triangle $ABC$ , $AB=BC=25$ and $AC=30$ . The circle with diameter $BC$ intersects $AB$ at $X$ and $AC$ at $Y$ . Determine the length of $XY$ .

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