Maths Olympiad Prep

Track / Stage 4 / 137 of 340 #397 of 1964

Problem 397

AMC 12 late, AIME early
Geometry Difficulty 4.7 Find the answer

Example 1 As shown in Figure 1, in quadrilateral ABCDA B C D, ACA C and BDB D are diagonals, ABC\triangle A B C is an equilateral triangle, ADC=30,AD=3,BD=\angle A D C=30^{\circ}, A D=3, B D= 5. Then the length of CDC D is ( ). [1]{ }^{[1]}

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Official solution

Solve As shown in Figure 2, rotate CDC D clockwise around point CC by 6060^{\circ} to get CEC E, and connect DED E and AEA E. Then CDE\triangle C D E is an equilateral triangle.
Since AC=BCA C=B C,
BCD=BCA+ACD=DCE+ACD=ACE, \begin{aligned} & \angle B C D \\ = & \angle B C A+\angle A C D \\ = & \angle D C E+\angle A C D=\angle A C E, \end{aligned}

Therefore, BCDACEBD=AE\triangle B C D \cong \triangle A C E \Rightarrow B D=A E. Also, ADC=30\angle A D C=30^{\circ}, so ADE=90\angle A D E=90^{\circ}. In the right triangle ADE\triangle A D E, given AE=5,AD=3A E=5, A D=3, we get DE=AE2AD2=4CD=DE=4D E=\sqrt{A E^{2}-A D^{2}}=4 \Rightarrow C D=D E=4. Hence, the answer is B.

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