2006 iTest Problems/Problem 27
Problem
Line passes through and into the interior of the equilateral triangle . and are the orthogonal projections of and onto respectively. If and , then the area of can be expressed as , where and are positive integers and is not divisible by the square of any prime. Determine .
Solution
Let be the intercept of and . By the Vertical Angle Theorem, . Also, since both and are perpendicular to , . Thus, by AA Similarity. Since , and .
Let be the side length of the triangle, so . By the Pythagorean Theorem, . Also, , so by the Law of Cosines, .
By using the Pythagorean Theorem again, we have Thus, the area of the triangle is , so .
See Also
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