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\frac{AX}{AP} &= \frac{XB}{BP}\ | \frac{AX}{AP} &= \frac{XB}{BP}\ | ||
\frac{AX}{AP} - \frac{XD}{AP} &= \frac{XB}{BP} - \frac{XC}{BP}\ | \frac{AX}{AP} - \frac{XD}{AP} &= \frac{XB}{BP} - \frac{XC}{BP}\ | ||
− | \frac{AD}{AP} &= \frac{ | + | \frac{AD}{AP} &= \frac{BC}{BP}\ |
&=\frac{7}{5} | &=\frac{7}{5} | ||
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Problem
Trapezoid has sides , , , and , with parallel to . A circle with center on is drawn tangent to and . Given that , where and are relatively prime positive integers, find .
Solution 1
Let be the base of the trapezoid and consider angles and . Let and let equal the height of the trapezoid. Let equal the radius of the circle.
Then
Let be the distance along from to where the perp from meets .
Then and so . We can substitute this into to find that and .
Remark: One can come up with the equations in without directly resorting to trig. From similar triangles, and . This implies that , so .
Solution 2
From above, and . Adding these equations yields . Thus, , and .
We can use from Solution 1 to find that and .
This implies that so
Solution 3
Extend and to meet at a point . Since and are parallel, . If is further extended to a point and is extended to a point such that is tangent to circle , we discover that circle is the incircle of triangle . Then line is the angle bisector of . By homothety, is the intersection of the angle bisector of with . By the angle bisector theorem,
Let , then . . Thus, .
Solution 4
The area of the trapezoid is , where is the height of the trapezoid.
Draw lines and . We can now find the area of the trapezoid as the sum of the areas of the three triangles , , and .
(where is the radius of the tangent circle.)
From Solution 1 above,
Substituting , we find , hence the answer is .
See also
1992 AIME (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | ||
Preceded by Problem 8 |
Followed by Problem 10 | |
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