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Geometry Difficulty 5.0 AIME, harder Prove it United States

Problem:

Triangle GRTG R T has GR=5G R=5, RT=12R T=12, and GT=13G T=13. The perpendicular bisector of GTG T intersects the extension of GRG R at OO. Find TOT O.

Solution

Solution:

First, note that TO=GOT O = G O as OO lies on the perpendicular bisector of GTG T. Then if MM is the midpoint of GTG T, we have that GRTGMO\triangle G R T \sim \triangle G M O, so we can compute

TO=GO=GMGTGR=132135=16910. T O = G O = G M \cdot \frac{G T}{G R} = \frac{13}{2} \cdot \frac{13}{5} = \frac{169}{10}.

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