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AMC 12 2008b Problem 8

  • Paper

Points BB and CC lie on AD‾\overline{AD}. The length of AB‾\overline{AB} is 44 times the length of BD‾\overline{BD}, and the length of AC‾\overline{AC} is 99 times the length of CD‾\overline{CD}. The length of BC‾\overline{BC} is what fraction of the length of AD‾\overline{AD}?

(Solution)

\textbf{(A)}\ \frac {1}{36} \textbf{(B)}\ \frac {1}{13} \textbf{(C)}\ \frac {1}{10} \textbf{(D)}\ \frac {5}{36} \textbf{(E)}\ \frac {1}{5}

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