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AMC 8 2004 Problem 24

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July 22, 2011
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Problem Statement

In the figure, ABCDABCD is a rectangle and EFGHEFGH is a parallelogram. Using the measurements given in the figure, what is the length dd of the segment that is perpendicular to HEHE and FGFG?
[asy] defaultpen(linewidth(0.8)); size(200); pair A=(0,8), B=(10,8), C=(10,0), D=origin; pair E=(4,8), F=(10,3), G=(6,0), H=(0,5); pair I=H+4*dir(H--E); pair J=foot(I, F, G);
draw(A--B--C--D--cycle); draw(E--F--G--H--cycle); draw(I--J); draw(rightanglemark(H,I,J)); draw(rightanglemark(F,J,I));
label("AA", A, dir((5,4)--A)); label("BB", B, dir((5,4)--B)); label("CC", C, dir((5,4)--C)); label("DD", D, dir((5,4)--D)); label("EE", E, dir((5,4)--E)); label("FF", F, dir((5,4)--F)); label("GG", G, dir((5,4)--G)); label("HH", H, dir((5,4)--H)); label("dd", I--J, SW);
label("3", H--A, W); label("4", E--A, N); label("6", E--B, N); label("5", F--B, dir(1)); label("3", F--C, dir(1)); label("5", H--D, W); label("4", C--G, S); label("6", D--G, S); [/asy]
<spanclass=latexbold>(A)</span> 6.8<spanclass=latexbold>(B)</span> 7.1<spanclass=latexbold>(C)</span> 7.6<spanclass=latexbold>(D)</span> 7.8<spanclass=latexbold>(E)</span> 8.1 <span class='latex-bold'>(A)</span>\ 6.8\qquad<span class='latex-bold'>(B)</span>\ 7.1\qquad<span class='latex-bold'>(C)</span>\ 7.6\qquad<span class='latex-bold'>(D)</span>\ 7.8\qquad<span class='latex-bold'>(E)</span>\ 8.1