A Circumcenter Distance Minimum

Problem

Three lines l1,l2,l3l_1,l_2,l_3 are pairwise parallel; the distance between l1l_1 and l2l_2 is 11, between l2l_2 and l3l_3 is 12\dfrac 12, and between l1l_1 and l3l_3 is 32\dfrac 32 (so l2l_2 lies between l1l_1 and l3l_3). Points A,BA,B are fixed on l1l_1 with AB=2AB=2, and M,NM,N are moving points on l2l_2 with MN=2MN=2. Let CC be the circumcenter of AMN\triangle AMN, and let dd be the distance from CC to l3l_3. Find the minimum value of d+BCd+|BC|.

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Difficulty8/10
Topicsplane geometry, Extrema, Parametrization, conic sections, analytic geometry

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