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Problem 20

AMC 10/12, early questions

Geometry Difficulty 3.1 Find the answer

Rectangle $ABCD$ is inscribed in a semicircle with diameter $\overline{FE},$ as shown in the figure. Let $DA=16,$ and let $FD=AE=9.$ What is the area of $ABCD?$

$\textbf{(A) }240 \qquad \textbf{(B) }248 \qquad \textbf{(C) }256 \qquad \textbf{(D) }264 \qquad \textbf{(E) }272$

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Official solution

Let $O$ be the center of the semicircle. The diameter of the semicircle is $9+16+9=34$ , so $OC = 17$ . By symmetry, $O$ is the midpoint of $DA$ , so $OD=OA=\frac{16}{2}= 8$ . By the Pythagorean theorem in right-angled triangle $ODC$ (or $OBA$ ), we have that $CD$ (or $AB$ ) is $\sqrt{17^2-8^2}=15$ . Accordingly, the area of $ABCD$ is $16\cdot 15=\boxed{\textbf{(A) }240}$ .

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