2021 AIME I Problems/Problem 2
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Problem
In the diagram below, is a rectangle with side lengths
and
, and
is a rectangle with side lengths
and
as shown. The area of the shaded region common to the interiors of both rectangles is
, where
and
are relatively prime positive integers. Find
.
Solution 1 (Similar Triangles)
Let be the intersection of
and
.
From vertical angles, we know that
. Also, given that
and
are rectangles, we know that
.
Therefore, by AA similarity, we know that triangles
and
are similar.
Let . Then, we have
. By similar triangles, we know that
and
. We have
.
Solving for , we have
.
The area of the shaded region is just
.
Thus, the answer is
.
~yuanyuanC
Solution 2 (Coordinate Geometry Bash)
Suppose It follows that
Since is a rectangle, we have
and
The equation of the circle with center
and radius
is
and the equation of the circle with center
and radius
is
We now have a system of two equations with two variables. Expanding and rearranging respectively give
Subtracting
from
we get
Simplifying and rearranging produce
Substituting
into
gives
which is a quadratic of
We clear fractions by multiplying both sides by
then solve by factoring:
Since
is in Quadrant IV, we have
It follows that the equation of
is
Let be the intersection of
and
and
be the intersection of
and
Since
is the
-intercept of
we obtain
By symmetry, quadrilateral is a parallelogram. Its area is
and the requested sum is
~MRENTHUSIASM
Solution 3 (Pythagorean Theorem)
Let the intersection of and
be
, and let
, so
.
By the Pythagorean theorem, , so
, and thus
.
By the Pythagorean theorem again, :
Solving, we get , so the area of the parallelogram is
, and
.
~JulianaL25
Solution 4 (Similar triangles and area)
Again, let the intersection of and
be
. By AA similarity,
with a
ratio. Define
as
. Because of similar triangles,
. Using
, the area of the parallelogram is
. Using
, the area of the parallelogram is
. These equations are equal, so we can solve for
and obtain
. Thus,
, so the area of the parallelogram is $33 - \frac{27}{4} = \frac{105}{4}.
~mathboy100
Video Solution by Punxsutawney Phil
https://youtube.com/watch?v=H17E9n2nIyY&t=289s
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