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Consider the cyclic quadrilateral with sides 1 , 4 , 8 , 7 1, 4, 8, 7 in that order. What is its circumdiameter? Let the answer be of the form a \sqrt{a} . Find a a .


The answer is 65.

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Alan Yan
Oct 18, 2015

Let the vertices be A , B , C , D A,B,C,D where A B = 1 , B C = 4 , C D = 8 , D A = 7 AB = 1, BC = 4, CD = 8, DA = 7 . Reflect D D over the angle bisector of A C AC to D D' . Observe that D D' is still on the circle. We also have C D = 7 CD' = 7 and A D = 8 AD' = 8 . Consider quadrilateral A B C D ABCD' . We know that A D 2 + A B 2 = C D 2 + B C 2 = 65 AD'^2 + AB^2 = CD'^2 + BC^2 = 65 which implies that they must be right triangles. This further implies that the diameter must be the square root of the sum which is 65 \sqrt{65} .

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