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Area of Quadrilateral in Triangle

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1/5/2007
In the diagram below, angle ABCABC is a right angle. Point DD is on BC\overline{BC}, and AD\overline{AD} bisects angle CABCAB. Points EE and FF are on AB\overline{AB} and AC\overline{AC}, respectively, so that AE=3AE=3 and AF=10.AF=10. Given that EB=9EB=9 and FC=27FC=27, find the integer closest to the area of quadrilateral DCFG.DCFG.
[asy] size(250); pair A=(0,12), E=(0,8), B=origin, C=(24*sqrt(2),0), D=(6*sqrt(2),0), F=A+10*dir(A--C), G=intersectionpoint(E--F, A--D); draw(A--B--C--A--D^^E--F); pair point=G+1*dir(250); label("AA", A, dir(point--A)); label("BB", B, dir(point--B)); label("CC", C, dir(point--C)); label("DD", D, dir(point--D)); label("EE", E, dir(point--E)); label("FF", F, dir(point--F)); label("GG", G, dir(point--G)); markscalefactor=0.1; draw(rightanglemark(A,B,C)); label("10", A--F, dir(90)*dir(A--F)); label("27", F--C, dir(90)*dir(F--C)); label("3", (0,10), W); label("9", (0,4), W);[/asy]
geometrytrigonometrytrapezoidAMCAIMEangle bisector
Absent-Minded Professor

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12/28/2006
While finding the sine of a certain angle, an absent-minded professor failed to notice that his calculator was not in the correct angular mode. He was lucky to get the right answer. The two least positive real values of xx for which the sine of xx degrees is the same as the sine of xx radians are mπnπ\frac{m\pi}{n-\pi} and pπq+π,\frac{p\pi}{q+\pi}, where m,m, n,n, pp and qq are positive integers. Find m+n+p+q.m+n+p+q.
trigonometryAMCAIMEcalculus