A Quadrilateral's Minimum Side

Problem

In a planar quadrilateral ABCDABCD, AD=1AD=1, BD=5BD=\sqrt 5, AB⊥ACAB\perp AC, and AC=2ABAC=2AB. Find the minimum value of CDCD.

Answer

Solution

Difficulty7/10
Topicsplane geometry, trigonometry, Ptolemy's Inequality

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