GeminiHeat wrote:
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In the diagram (not drawn to scale), Sector PQ is a quarter-circle. The distance from A to P is half the distance from P to B. The distance from C to Q is 2/7 of the distance from Q to B. If the length of AC is 100, what is the length of the radius of the circle with center B?
A. \(\frac{280\sqrt{85}}{51}\)
B. \(\frac{240\sqrt{70}}{61}\)
C. \(\frac{240\sqrt{67}}{43}\)
D. \(\frac{230\sqrt{51}}{43}\)
E. \(\frac{220\sqrt{43}}{51}\)
\(PB = QB = radius = r\) (Let us say)
\(AP = \frac{1}{2}PB\)
\(AP = \frac{r}{2}\)
\(AB = AP + PB = \frac{r}{2} + r = \frac{3r}{2}\)
\(CQ = \frac{2}{7}QB\)
\(CQ = \frac{2r}{7}\)
\(BC = CQ + QB = \frac{2r}{7} + r = \frac{9r}{7}\)
Since, ABC is a Right angled triangle, we can apply Pythagoras theorem;
\(AC^2 = AB^2 + BC^2\)
\(100^2 = (\frac{3r}{2})^2 + (\frac{9r}{7})^2\)
\(100^2 = \frac{9r^2}{4} + \frac{81r^2}{49}\)
\((4)(49)100^2 = (9r^2)(49) + (81r^2)(4)\)
\((4)(49)100^2 = 765r^2\)
\(r^2 = \frac{(4)(49)100^2}{765}\)
\(r = \sqrt{\frac{(4)(49)100^2}{765}} = \frac{1400}{\sqrt{765}}\)
\(r = \frac{1400}{3\sqrt{85}}\)
Since, we have \(\sqrt{85}\) in option A - it must be the our Answer!