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AMC 12 2012a Problem 12

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A square region ABCDABCD is externally tangent to the circle with equation x2+y2=1x^2+y^2=1 at the point (0,1)(0,1) on the side CDCD. Vertices AA and BB are on the circle with equation x2+y2=4x^2+y^2=4. What is the side length of this square?

\textbf{(A)}\ \frac{\sqrt{10}+5}{10} \textbf{(B)}\ \frac{2\sqrt{5}}{5} \textbf{(C)}\ \frac{2\sqrt{2}}{3} \textbf{(D)}\ \frac{2\sqrt{19}-4}{5} \textbf{(E)}\ \frac{9-\sqrt{17}}{5}

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