Alice, Berto, and Carlo must bury a treasure and decide to bury it at a point equidistant from all three. Knowing that they are located at the vertices of a right triangle with an angle of 30∘ and with perimeter 6m, what will be the distance of the treasure from each of them?
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Solution
Solution:
The answer is (D). The treasure is buried at the circumcenter O of the triangle at whose vertices Alice, Berto, and Carlo are located. Since this triangle is right-angled, O is the midpoint of the hypotenuse. Letting x be its length expressed in meters, we have x+2x+2x3=6, from which 23+3x=6 and x=2(3−3). Therefore the distance of the treasure from each of them is 3−3.
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