Two Right Triangles Sharing a Hypotenuse

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Two right triangles ABCABC and ADCADC share the common hypotenuse AC=10AC = 10 and lie on opposite sides of it, so that ABC=ADC=90\angle ABC = \angle ADC = 90^\circ, forming the quadrilateral ABCDABCD shown. It is given that BAC=π3\angle BAC = \dfrac{\pi}{3} and DAC=π4\angle DAC = \dfrac{\pi}{4}. The segment BDBD meets ACAC at the point EE.

1. Find BD2BD^2. 2. Find AEAE.

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Difficulty5/10
Topicsplane geometry, trigonometry, Triangle Geometry

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