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And <math>54+5=\boxed{059}.</math> | And <math>54+5=\boxed{059}.</math> | ||
- Solution by Duoquinquagintillion | - Solution by Duoquinquagintillion | ||
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+ | == Solution 4 == | ||
+ | Let <math>a = \angle{CAB}</math>. By Law of Consine, | ||
+ | <cmath>\cos a = \frac{17^2+9^2-10^2}{2*9*17} = \frac{15}{17}</cmath> | ||
+ | <cmath>\sin a = \sqrt{1-\cos a} = \frac{8}{17}</cmath> | ||
+ | <cmath>\tan a = \frac{8}{15}</cmath> | ||
+ | <cmath>A = \frac{1}{2}* \frac{9}{2}*\frac{9}{2}\tan a = \frac{54}{5}</cmath> | ||
+ | And <math>54+5=\boxed{059}.</math> | ||
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+ | - by Mathdummy | ||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
{{AIME box|year=2019|n=II|before=First Problem|num-a=2}} | {{AIME box|year=2019|n=II|before=First Problem|num-a=2}} | ||
{{MAA Notice}} | {{MAA Notice}} |
Revision as of 09:30, 28 September 2019
Problem
Two different points, and , lie on the same side of line so that and are congruent with , , and . The intersection of these two triangular regions has area , where and are relatively prime positive integers. Find .
Solution
- Diagram by Brendanb4321
Extend to form a right triangle with legs and such that is the hypotenuse and connect the points so
that you have a rectangle. The base of the rectangle will be . Now, let be the intersection of and . This means that and are with ratio . Set up a proportion, knowing that the two heights add up to 8. We will let be the height from to , and be the height of .
This means that the area is . This gets us
-Solution by the Math Wizard, Number Magician of the Second Order, Head of the Council of the Geometers
Solution 2
Using the diagram in Solution 1, let be the intersection of and . We can see that angle is in both and . Since and are congruent by AAS, we can then state and . It follows that and . We can now state that the area of is the area of the area of . Using Heron's formula, we compute the area of . Using the Law of Cosines on angle , we obtain
(For convenience, we're not going to simplify.)
Applying the Law of Cosines on yields This means . Next, apply Heron's formula to get the area of , which equals after simplifying. Subtracting the area of from the area of yields the area of , which is , giving us our answer, which is -Solution by flobszemathguy
Solution 3 (Very quick)
- Diagram by Brendanb4321 extended by Duoquinquagintillion
Begin with the first step of solution 1, seeing is the hypotenuse of a triangle and calling the intersection of and point . Next, notice is the hypotenuse of an triangle. Drop an altitude from with length , so the other leg of the new triangle formed has length . Notice we have formed similar triangles, and we can solve for .
So has area And - Solution by Duoquinquagintillion
Solution 4
Let . By Law of Consine, And
- by Mathdummy
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