Difference between revisions of "Mock AIME 6 2006-2007 Problems/Problem 13"

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Problem

Consider two circles of different sizes that do not intersect. The smaller circle has center $O$ . Label the intersection of their common external tangents $P$ . A common internal tangent intersects the common external tangents at points $A$ and $B$ . Given that the radius of the larger circle is $11$ , $PO=3$ , and $AB=20\sqrt{2}$ , what is the square of the area of triangle $PBA$ ?

Solution

$|AB|=|CD|=20\sqrt{2}$

Let $d$ be the distance between centers, and $h=|PO|=3$

$|CD|^2+(r_2-r_1)^2=d^2$

$(20\sqrt{2})^2+(r_2-r_1)^2=d^2$

$800+(r_2-r_1)^2=d^2$ [Equation 1]

By similar triangles,

$\frac{r_1}{h}=\frac{r_2}{h+d}$

solving for $d$ we have:

$d=\frac{(r_2-r_1)h}{r_1}$

~Tomas Diaz. orders@tomasdiaz.com

Alternate solutions are always welcome. If you have a different, elegant solution to this problem, please add it to this page.

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+<math>|AB|=|CD|=20\sqrt{2}</math>
+Let <math>d</math> be the distance between centers, and <math>h=|PO|=3</math>
+<math>|CD|^2+(r_2-r_1)^2=d^2</math>
+<math>(20\sqrt{2})^2+(r_2-r_1)^2=d^2</math>
+<math>800+(r_2-r_1)^2=d^2</math> [Equation 1]
+By similar triangles,
+<math>\frac{r_1}{h}=\frac{r_2}{h+d}</math>
+solving for <math>d</math> we have:
+<math>d=\frac{(r_2-r_1)h}{r_1}</math>

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