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2016 AMC 10B Problem 9

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2016 AMC 10B Problem 9AMC 10 Step by Step
Name:                             Date: September 13, 2026
Coordinate Geometry · difficulty 2 of 5 · about 2 min · position P1-10

All three vertices of △ABC\bigtriangleup ABC are lying on the parabola defined by y=x2y=x^2 , with AA at the origin and BC‾\overline{BC} parallel to the xx -axis. The area of the triangle is 6464 . What is the length of BCBC ?

  1. A)

    44

  2. B)

    66

  3. C)

    88

  4. D)

    1010

  5. E)

    1616

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