Shadows on a Line

Problem

In the plane, segments AB=3AB = 3 and AC=5AC = 5 make an angle BAC=π6\angle BAC = \dfrac{\pi}{6}. As the line ll varies over all lines in the plane, find the range of possible values of the sum of the lengths of the projections of ABAB and ACAC onto ll.

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Difficulty7/10
Topicsplane geometry, trigonometry, Extrema, Trigonometric Identities, vectors

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