2009 AMC 12A Problem 13
A ship sails miles in a straight line from to , turns through an angle between and , and then sails another miles to . Let be measured in miles. Which of the following intervals contains ?
![[asy] unitsize(2mm); defaultpen(linewidth(.8pt)+fontsize(10pt)); dotfactor=4; pair B=(0,0), A=(-10,0), C=20*dir(50); draw(A--B--C); draw(A--C,linetype("4 4")); dot(A); dot(B); dot(C); label("$10$",midpoint(A--B),S); label("$20$",midpoint(B--C),SE); label("$A$",A,SW); label("$B$",B,SE); label("$C$",C,NE); [/asy]](https://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/4/2/b/42be593c3f7699bcb004014182d54b6832e3e173.png)
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