AMC 12 2009a Problem 13
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A ship sails miles in a straight line from to , turns through an angle between and , and then sails another miles to . Let be measured in miles. Which of the following intervals contains ?
unitsize(2mm);
defaultpen(linewidth(.8pt)+fontsize(10pt));
dotfactor=4;
pair B=(0,0), A=(-10,0), C=20*dir(50);
draw(A--B--C);
draw(A--C,linetype("4 4"));
dot(A);
dot(B);
dot(C);
label("",midpoint(A--B),S);
label("",midpoint(B--C),SE);
label("",A,SW);
label("",B,SE);
label("",C,NE);
\textbf{(A)}\ [400,500] \textbf{(B)}\ [500,600] \textbf{(C)}\ [600,700] \textbf{(D)}\ [700,800] \textbf{(E)}\ [800,900]
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