Isosceles Trapezoid
Source: AIME 2008I Problem 10
March 23, 2008
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Problem Statement
Let be an isosceles trapezoid with whose angle at the longer base is . The diagonals have length , and point is at distances and from vertices and , respectively. Let be the foot of the altitude from to . The distance can be expressed in the form , where and are positive integers and is not divisible by the square of any prime. Find m \plus{} n.