2008 AMC 12B Problem 8


Points BB and CC lie on AD\overline{AD}. The length of AB\overline{AB} is 44 times the length of BD\overline{BD}, and the length of AC\overline{AC} is 99 times the length of CD\overline{CD}. The length of BC\overline{BC} is what fraction of the length of AD\overline{AD}?

(A) 136(B) 113(C) 110(D) 536(E) 15\textbf{(A)}\ \frac {1}{36} \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ \frac {1}{13} \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ \frac {1}{10} \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ \frac {5}{36} \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ \frac {1}{5}


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