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Plotting the parallelogram on the coordinate plane, the 4 corners are at <math>(0,c),(0,d),\left(\frac{d-c}{a-b},\frac{ad-bc}{a-b}\right),\left(\frac{c-d}{a-b},\frac{bc-ad}{a-b}\right)</math>. Because <math>72= 4\cdot 18</math>, we have that <math>4(c-d)\left(\frac{c-d}{a-b}\right) = (c+d)\left(\frac{c+d}{a-b}\right)</math> or that <math>2(c-d)=c+d</math>, which gives <math>c=3d</math> (consider a [[homothety]], or dilation, that carries the first parallelogram to the second parallelogram; because the area increases by <math>4\times</math>, it follows that the stretch along the diagonal is <math>2\times</math>). The area of triangular half of the parallelogram on the right side of the y-axis is given by <math>9 = \frac{1}{2} (c-d)\left(\frac{d-c}{a-b}\right)</math>, so substituting <math>c = 3d</math>: | Plotting the parallelogram on the coordinate plane, the 4 corners are at <math>(0,c),(0,d),\left(\frac{d-c}{a-b},\frac{ad-bc}{a-b}\right),\left(\frac{c-d}{a-b},\frac{bc-ad}{a-b}\right)</math>. Because <math>72= 4\cdot 18</math>, we have that <math>4(c-d)\left(\frac{c-d}{a-b}\right) = (c+d)\left(\frac{c+d}{a-b}\right)</math> or that <math>2(c-d)=c+d</math>, which gives <math>c=3d</math> (consider a [[homothety]], or dilation, that carries the first parallelogram to the second parallelogram; because the area increases by <math>4\times</math>, it follows that the stretch along the diagonal is <math>2\times</math>). The area of triangular half of the parallelogram on the right side of the y-axis is given by <math>9 = \frac{1}{2} (c-d)\left(\frac{d-c}{a-b}\right)</math>, so substituting <math>c = 3d</math>: | ||
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− | \frac{1}{2} (c-d)\left(\frac{c-d}{a-b}\right) &= 9 \quad \Longrightarrow \quad 2d^2 &= 9(a-b) | + | \frac{1}{2} (c-d)\left(\frac{c-d}{a-b}\right) &= 9 \quad \Longrightarrow \quad 2d^2 &= 9(a-b)</cmath></center> |
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Thus <math>3|d</math>, and we verify that <math>d = 3</math>, <math>a-b = 2 \Longrightarrow a = 3, b = 1</math> will give us a minimum value for <math>a+b+c+d</math>. Then <math>a+b+c+d = 3 + 1 + 9 + 3 = 16\ \mathbf{(D)}</math>. | Thus <math>3|d</math>, and we verify that <math>d = 3</math>, <math>a-b = 2 \Longrightarrow a = 3, b = 1</math> will give us a minimum value for <math>a+b+c+d</math>. Then <math>a+b+c+d = 3 + 1 + 9 + 3 = 16\ \mathbf{(D)}</math>. | ||
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Problem
The parallelogram bounded by the lines ,
,
, and
has area
. The parallelogram bounded by the lines
,
,
, and
has area
. Given that
,
,
, and
are positive integers, what is the smallest possible value of
?
Solution
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Plotting the parallelogram on the coordinate plane, the 4 corners are at . Because
, we have that
or that
, which gives
(consider a homothety, or dilation, that carries the first parallelogram to the second parallelogram; because the area increases by
, it follows that the stretch along the diagonal is
). The area of triangular half of the parallelogram on the right side of the y-axis is given by
, so substituting
:
\[\frac{1}{2} (c-d)\left(\frac{c-d}{a-b}\right) &= 9 \quad \Longrightarrow \quad 2d^2 &= 9(a-b)\] (Error compiling LaTeX. Unknown error_msg)
Thus , and we verify that
,
will give us a minimum value for
. Then
.
See also
2007 AMC 12B (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | |
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