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AMC 12 2009a Problem 13

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A ship sails 1010 miles in a straight line from AA to BB, turns through an angle between 45∘45^{\circ} and 60∘60^{\circ}, and then sails another 2020 miles to CC. Let ACAC be measured in miles. Which of the following intervals contains AC2AC^2?

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("1010",midpoint(A--B),S);
label("2020",midpoint(B--C),SE);
label("AA",A,SW);
label("BB",B,SE);
label("CC",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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