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AMC 12 2005a Problem 15

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Let AB‾\overline{AB} be a diameter of a circle and CC be a point on AB‾\overline{AB} with 2⋅AC=BC2 \cdot AC = BC. Let DD and EE be points on the circle such that DC‾⊥AB‾\overline{DC} \perp \overline{AB} and DE‾\overline{DE} is a second diameter. What is the ratio of the area of △DCE\triangle DCE to the area of △ABD\triangle ABD?

unitsize(2.5cm);
defaultpen(fontsize(10pt)+linewidth(.8pt));
dotfactor=3;
pair O=(0,0), C=(-1/3.0), B=(1,0), A=(-1,0);
pair D=dir(aCos(C.x)), E=(-D.x,-D.y);
draw(A--B--D--cycle);
draw(D--E--C);
draw(unitcircle,white);
drawline(D,C);
dot(O);
clip(unitcircle);
draw(unitcircle);
label("EE",E,SSE);
label("BB",B,E);
label("AA",A,W);
label("DD",D,NNW);
label("CC",C,SW);
draw(rightanglemark(D,C,B,2));

(A) 16(B) 14(C) 13(D) 12(E) 23\textbf{(A) } \frac{1}{6} \textbf{(B) } \frac{1}{4} \textbf{(C) } \frac{1}{3} \textbf{(D) } \frac{1}{2} \textbf{(E) } \frac{2}{3}

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