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Semicircle and Quarter Circle

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February 19, 2008
trigonometrygeometry

Problem Statement

Square ABCD ABCD has sides of length 4 4, and M M is the midpoint of CD \overline{CD}. A circle with radius 2 2 and center M M intersects a circle with raidus 4 4 and center A A at points P P and D D. What is the distance from P P to AD \overline{AD}? [asy]unitsize(8mm); defaultpen(linewidth(.8pt)); dotfactor=4;
draw(Circle((2,0),2)); draw(Circle((0,4),4)); clip(scale(4)*unitsquare); draw(scale(4)*unitsquare); filldraw(Circle((2,0),0.07)); filldraw(Circle((3.2,1.6),0.07)); label("AA",(0,4),NW); label("BB",(4,4),NE); label("CC",(4,0),SE); label("DD",(0,0),SW); label("MM",(2,0),S); label("PP",(3.2,1.6),N);[/asy]<spanclass=latexbold>(A)</span> 3<spanclass=latexbold>(B)</span> 165<spanclass=latexbold>(C)</span> 134<spanclass=latexbold>(D)</span> 23<spanclass=latexbold>(E)</span> 72 <span class='latex-bold'>(A)</span>\ 3 \qquad <span class='latex-bold'>(B)</span>\ \frac {16}{5} \qquad <span class='latex-bold'>(C)</span>\ \frac {13}{4} \qquad <span class='latex-bold'>(D)</span>\ 2\sqrt {3} \qquad <span class='latex-bold'>(E)</span>\ \frac {7}{2}