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AMC 12 2005a Problem 13

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In the five-sided star shown, the letters AA, BB, CC, DD and EE are replaced by the numbers 33, 55, 66, 77 and 99, although not necessarily in that order. The sums of the numbers at the ends of the line segments AB‾\overline{AB}, BC‾\overline{BC}, CD‾\overline{CD}, DE‾\overline{DE} and EA‾\overline{EA} form an arithmetic sequence, although not necessarily in that order. What is the middle term of the arithmetic sequence?

size(150);
defaultpen(linewidth(0.8));
string[] strng = {'A','D','B','E','C'};
pair A=dir(90),B=dir(306),C=dir(162),D=dir(18),E=dir(234);
draw(A--B--C--D--E--cycle);
for(int i=0;i<=4;i=i+1)
{
path circ=circle(dir(90-72*i),0.125);
unfill(circ);
draw(circ);
label(""+strng[i]+""+strng[i]+"",dir(90-72*i));
}

(A) 9(B) 10(C) 11(D) 12(E) 13\textbf{(A) } 9 \textbf{(B) } 10 \textbf{(C) } 11 \textbf{(D) } 12 \textbf{(E) } 13

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