Find C D \overline{CD}

Geometry Level 2

From the above diagram, find the length C D \overline{CD} . The length can be expressed as a b a \sqrt{b} , where a a and b b are positive integers, with b b square-free, enter a + b a + b .


The answer is 8.

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2 solutions

David Vreken
Nov 25, 2020

By the exterior angle theorem, A C B = C B D C A B = 60 ° 30 ° = 30 ° \angle ACB = \angle CBD - \angle CAB = 60°- 30° = 30° , so that A B C \triangle ABC is isosceles and B C = A B = 10 BC = AB = 10 .

Then for B C D \triangle BCD , C D = B C sin C B D = 10 sin 60 ° = 5 3 CD = BC \sin \angle CBD = 10 \sin 60° = 5 \sqrt{3} .

Therefore, a = 5 a = 5 , b = 3 b = 3 , and a + b = 8 a + b = \boxed{8} .

Sathvik Acharya
Nov 25, 2020

Let C D = x CD=x and B D = y BD=y .

In right triangle A D C \triangle ADC , tan C A D = C D A D tan 30 ° = x y + 10 3 x = y + 10 \tan \angle CAD=\frac{CD}{AD}\implies \tan 30°=\frac{x}{y+10}\implies \sqrt{3}x=y+10

In right triangle B D C \triangle BDC , tan C B D = C D B D tan 60 ° = x y x = 3 y \tan \angle CBD=\frac{CD}{BD}\implies \tan 60°=\frac{x}{y}\implies x=\sqrt{3}y

Solving the above two equations, y + 10 = 3 x = 3 ( 3 y ) = 3 y y = 5 x = 5 3 y+10=\sqrt{3}x=\sqrt{3}(\sqrt{3}y)=3y\implies y=5\implies x=5\sqrt{3}

Therefore, C D = 5 3 a + b = 8 \boxed{CD=5\sqrt{3}}\implies \boxed{a+b=8}

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