AMC 12 2023a Problem 15
- Paper
Usain is walking for exercise by zigzagging across a -meter by -meter rectangular field, beginning at point and ending on the segment . He wants to increase the distance walked by zigzagging as shown in the figure below . What angle will produce a length that is meters? (This figure is not drawn to scale. Do not assume that the zigzag path has exactly four segments as shown; there could be more or fewer.)
import olympiad;
draw((-50,15)--(50,15));
draw((50,15)--(50,-15));
draw((50,-15)--(-50,-15));
draw((-50,-15)--(-50,15));
draw((-50,-15)--(-22.5,15));
draw((-22.5,15)--(5,-15));
draw((5,-15)--(32.5,15));
draw((32.5,15)--(50,-4.090909090909));
label("", (-41.5,-10.5));
label("", (-13,10.5));
label("", (15.5,-10.5));
label("", (43,10.5));
dot((-50,15));
dot((-50,-15));
dot((50,15));
dot((50,-15));
dot((50,-4.09090909090909));
label("",(-58,15));
label("",(-58,-15));
label("",(58,15));
label("",(58,-15));
label("",(58,-4.0909090909));
dot((-22.5,15));
dot((5,-15));
dot((32.5,15));
label("",(-22.5,23));
label("",(5,-23));
label("",(32.5,23));
\textbf{(A)}\arccos\frac{5}{6} \textbf{(B)}\arccos\frac{4}{5} \textbf{(C)}\arccos\frac{3}{10} \textbf{(D)}\arcsin\frac{4}{5} \textbf{(E)}~\arcsin\frac{5}{6}
Dataset text AMC 12 2000 to 2025. Quoted with source.
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A
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