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Geometry Difficulty 5.0 AIME Find the answer

Let ABCA B C be a triangle with AB=4,BC=8A B=4, B C=8, and CA=5C A=5. Let MM be the midpoint of BCB C, and let DD be the point on the circumcircle of ABCA B C so that segment ADA D intersects the interior of ABCA B C, and ∠BAD=∠CAM\angle B A D=\angle C A M. Let ADA D intersect side BCB C at XX. Compute the ratio AX/ADA X / A D.

A number or a short expression. Fractions can be typed as 3/2, and spacing doesn't matter.

Solution

Let EE be the intersection of AMA M with the circumcircle of ABCA B C. We note that, by equal angles ADC∼ABMA D C \sim A B M, so that AD=AC(ABAM)=20AMA D=A C\left(\frac{A B}{A M}\right)=\frac{20}{A M} Using the law of cosines on ABCA B C, we get that cos⁡B=42+82−522(4)(8)=5564\cos B=\frac{4^{2}+8^{2}-5^{2}}{2(4)(8)}=\frac{55}{64} Then, using the law of cosines on ABMA B M, we get that AM=42+42−2(4)(4)cos⁡B=32⇒AD=2023A M=\sqrt{4^{2}+4^{2}-2(4)(4) \cos B}=\frac{3}{\sqrt{2}} \Rightarrow A D=\frac{20 \sqrt{2}}{3} Applying Power of a Point on MM, (AM)(ME)=(BM)(MC)⇒ME=1623⇒AE=4126(A M)(M E)=(B M)(M C) \Rightarrow M E=\frac{16 \sqrt{2}}{3} \Rightarrow A E=\frac{41 \sqrt{2}}{6} Then, we note that AXB∼ACEA X B \sim A C E, so that AX=AB(ACAE)=60241⇒AXAD=941A X=A B\left(\frac{A C}{A E}\right)=\frac{60 \sqrt{2}}{41} \Rightarrow \frac{A X}{A D}=\frac{9}{41}

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