2009 AMC 12A Problem 13


A ship sails 1010 miles in a straight line from AA to BB , turns through an angle between 4545^{\circ} and 6060^{\circ} , and then sails another 2020 miles to CC . Let ACAC be measured in miles. Which of the following intervals contains AC2AC^2 ?

[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]

(A) [400,500](B) [500,600](C) [600,700](D) [700,800](E) [800,900]\textbf{(A)}\ [400,500] \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ [500,600] \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ [600,700] \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ [700,800] \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ [800,900]


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