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Geometry Difficulty 4.8 AIME Find the answer

Regular hexagon ABCDEFA B C D E F has side length 2. A laser beam is fired inside the hexagon from point AA and hits BC\overline{B C} at point GG. The laser then reflects off BC\overline{B C} and hits the midpoint of DE\overline{D E}. Find BGB G.

A number or a short expression. Spacing and $ signs are ignored.

Solution

Look at the diagram below, in which points J,K,M,TJ, K, M, T, and XX have been defined. MM is the midpoint of DE,BCJK\overline{D E}, B C J K is a rhombus with JJ lying on the extension of CD,T\overline{C D}, T is the intersection of lines CD\overline{C D} and GM\overline{G M} when extended, and XX is on JT\overline{J T} such that XMJK\overline{X M} \| \overline{J K}. It can be shown that mMDX=mMXD=60m \angle M D X=m \angle M X D=60^{\circ}, so DMX\triangle D M X is equilateral, which yields XM=1X M=1. The diagram indicates that JX=5J X=5. One can show by angle-angle similarity that TXMTJK\triangle T X M \sim \triangle T J K, which yields TX=5T X=5. One can also show by angle-angle similarity that TJKTCG\triangle T J K \sim \triangle T C G, which yields the proportion TJJK=TCCG\frac{T J}{J K}=\frac{T C}{C G}. We know everything except CGC G, which we can solve for. This yields CG=85C G=\frac{8}{5}, so BG=25B G=\frac{2}{5}.

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