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COMC 2011 Problem 7

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November 4, 2012
Pythagorean Theoremgeometry

Problem Statement

In the figure, BC  is a diameter of the circle, where BC=901,BD=1BC=\sqrt{901}, BD=1, and DA=16DA=16. If EC=xEC=x, what is the value of x? [asy]size(2inch); pair O,A,B,C,D,E; B=(0,0); O=(2,0); C=(4,0); D=(.333,1.333); A=(.75,2.67); E=(1.8,2); draw(Arc(O,2,0,360)); draw(B--C--A--B); label("AA",A,N); label("BB",B,W); label("CC",C,E); label("DD",D,W); label("EE",E,N); label("Figure not drawn to scale",(2,-2.5),S); [/asy]