Maths Olympiad Prep

Track / Stage 4 / 89 of 340 #349 of 1964

Problem 349

AMC 12 late, AIME early
Geometry Difficulty 4.7 Multiple choice

4. If the sides of a cyclic quadrilateral are 25, 39, 52, and 60, then the circumference of the circle is:

Pick one

Official solution

4. (D).

Let ABCDA B C D be a cyclic quadrilateral, and AB=25A B=25,
BC=39,CD=52,DA B C=39, C D=52, D A
=60=60. By the property of a cyclic quadrilateral, A=180C\angle A=180^{\circ}-\angle C. Connecting BDB D. By the cosine rule,
BD2=AB2+AD22ABADcosA=CB2+CD22CBCDcosC, \begin{aligned} B D^{2} & =A B^{2}+A D^{2}-2 A B \cdot A D \cos \angle A \\ & =C B^{2}+C D^{2}-2 C B \cdot C D \cos \angle C, \end{aligned}

which means
252+60222560cosA=392+522+23952cosA. \begin{array}{l} 25^{2}+60^{2}-2 \cdot 25 \cdot 60 \cdot \cos \angle A \\ =39^{2}+52^{2}+2 \cdot 39 \cdot 52 \cdot \cos \angle A . \end{array}

Therefore, A=90,BD\angle A=90^{\circ}, B D is the diameter of the circle.
BD=252+602=4225=65 B D=\sqrt{25^{2}+60^{2}}=\sqrt{4225}=65 \text {. }

Thus, the correct choice is (D).

Source: NuminaMath-1.5, licensed Apache-2.0. Statement and solution reproduced as published; topic, difficulty and ordering added by this site.