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AMC 8 2005 Problem 9

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July 23, 2011
geometry

Problem Statement

In quadrilateral ABCD ABCD, sides AB \overline{AB} and BC \overline{BC} both have length 10, sides CD \overline{CD} and DA \overline{DA} both have length 17, and the measure of angle ADC ADC is 60 60^\circ. What is the length of diagonal AC \overline{AC}? [asy]draw((0,0)--(17,0)); draw(rotate(301, (17,0))*(0,0)--(17,0)); picture p; draw(p, (0,0)--(0,10)); draw(p, rotate(115, (0,10))*(0,0)--(0,10)); add(rotate(3)*p);
draw((0,0)--(8.25,14.5), linetype("8 8"));
label("AA", (8.25, 14.5), N); label("BB", (-0.25, 10), W); label("CC", (0,0), SW); label("DD", (17, 0), E);[/asy]
<spanclass=latexbold>(A)</span> 13.5<spanclass=latexbold>(B)</span> 14<spanclass=latexbold>(C)</span> 15.5<spanclass=latexbold>(D)</span> 17<spanclass=latexbold>(E)</span> 18.5 <span class='latex-bold'>(A)</span>\ 13.5\qquad<span class='latex-bold'>(B)</span>\ 14\qquad<span class='latex-bold'>(C)</span>\ 15.5\qquad<span class='latex-bold'>(D)</span>\ 17\qquad<span class='latex-bold'>(E)</span>\ 18.5