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AHSME 1980 Problem 23

    Line segments drawn from the vertex opposite the hypotenuse of a right triangle to the points trisecting the hypotenuse have lengths sin⁡x\sin x and cos⁡x\cos x, where xx is a real number such that 0<x<π20<x<\frac{\pi}{2}. The length of the hypotenuse is (A) 43(B) 32(C) 355(D) 253(E) not uniquely determined\text{(A)} \ \frac{4}{3} \text{(B)} \ \frac{3}{2} \text{(C)} \ \frac{3\sqrt{5}}{5} \text{(D)}\ \frac{2\sqrt{5}}{3} \text{(E)}\ \text{not uniquely determined}

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