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2008 AMC 12A Question 22

AMC12 · 2008 AMC 12A

Question 22

A round table has radius $4.$ Six rectangular place mats are placed on the table. Each place mat has width $1$ and length $x$ as shown. They are positioned so that each mat has two corners on the edge of the table, these two corners being endpoints of the same side of length $x.$ Further, the mats are positioned so that the inner corners each touch an inner corner of an adjacent mat. What is $x?$

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  1. $2\sqrt{5} - \sqrt{3}$
  2. $3$
  3. $\dfrac{3\sqrt{7} - \sqrt{3}}{2}$
  4. $2\sqrt{3}$
  5. $\dfrac{5 + 2\sqrt{3}}{2}$