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AIME 1983 Problem 4

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A machine-shop cutting tool has the shape of a notched circle, as shown. The radius of the circle is 50\sqrt{50} cm, the length of ABAB is 66 cm and that of BCBC is 22 cm. The angle ABCABC is a right angle. Find the square of the distance (in centimeters) from BB to the center of the circle. [asy] size(150); defaultpen(linewidth(0.6)+fontsize(11)); real r=10; pair O=(0,0), A=r*dir(45),B=(A.x,A.y-r); path P=circle(O,r); pair C=intersectionpoint(B--(B.x+r,B.y),P); // Drawing arc instead of full circle //draw(P); draw(arc(O, r, degrees(A), degrees(C))); draw(C--B--A--B); dot(A); dot(B); dot(C); label("AA",A,NE); label("BB",B,S); label("CC",C,SE); [/asy]

Dataset text AIME 1983 to 2026. Quoted with source.

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