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+ | <center><asy> | ||
+ | pointpen = black; pathpen = black+linewidth(0.7); | ||
+ | pair B=(0,0), C=(20,0), A=IP(CR(B,21),CR(C,22)), I=incenter(A,B,C), D=IP((0,I.y)--(20,I.y),A--B), E=IP((0,I.y)--(20,I.y),A--C); | ||
+ | D(MP("A",A,N)--MP("B",B)--MP("C",C)--cycle); D(MP("I",I,NE)); D(MP("E",E,NE)--MP("D",D,NW)); | ||
+ | // D((A.x,0)--A,linetype("4 4")+linewidth(0.7)); D((I.x,0)--I,linetype("4 4")+linewidth(0.7)); D(rightanglemark(B,(A.x,0),A,30)); | ||
+ | D(B--I--C); | ||
+ | MP("20",(B+C)/2); MP("21",(A+B)/2,NW); MP("22",(A+C)/2,NE); | ||
+ | </asy></center> | ||
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+ | Let <math>I</math> be the [[incenter]] of <math>\triangle ABC</math>, so that <math>BI</math> and <math>CI</math> are [[angle bisector]]s of <math>\angle ABC</math> and <math>\angle ACB</math> respectively. Then, <math>\angle BID = \angle CBI = \angle DBI,</math> so <math>\triangle BDI</math> is [[Isosceles triangle|isosceles]], and similarly <math>\triangle CEI</math> is isosceles. It follows that <math>DE = DB + EC</math>, so the perimeter of <math>\triangle ADE</math> is <math>AD + AE + DE = AB + AC = 43</math>. Hence, the ratio of the perimeters of <math>\triangle ADE</math> and <math>\triangle ABC</math> is <math>\frac{43}{63}</math>, which is the scale factor between the two similar triangles, and thus <math>DE = \frac{43}{63} \times 20 = \frac{860}{63}</math>. Thus, <math>m + n = \boxed{923}</math>. | ||
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+ | === Solution 2 === | ||
<center><asy> | <center><asy> | ||
pointpen = black; pathpen = black+linewidth(0.7); | pointpen = black; pathpen = black+linewidth(0.7); | ||
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Same as above, but simpler | Same as above, but simpler | ||
− | === Solution | + | === Solution 3 ([[mass points]]) === |
<center><asy> | <center><asy> | ||
pointpen = black; pathpen = black+linewidth(0.7); pen d = linewidth(0.7) + linetype("4 4"); | pointpen = black; pathpen = black+linewidth(0.7); pen d = linewidth(0.7) + linetype("4 4"); |
Revision as of 17:16, 5 August 2011
Problem
Triangle has , and . Points and are located on and , respectively, such that is parallel to and contains the center of the inscribed circle of triangle . Then , where and are relatively prime positive integers. Find .
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Solution 1
Let be the incenter of , so that and are angle bisectors of and respectively. Then, so is isosceles, and similarly is isosceles. It follows that , so the perimeter of is . Hence, the ratio of the perimeters of and is , which is the scale factor between the two similar triangles, and thus . Thus, .
Solution 2
The semiperimeter of is . By Heron's formula, the area of the whole triangle is . Using the formula , we find that the inradius is . Since , the ratio of the heights of triangles and is equal to the ratio between sides and . From , we find . Thus, we have
Solving for gives so the answer is .
Or we have the area of the triangle as . Using the ratio of heights to ratio of bases of and from that it is easy to deduce that Same as above, but simpler
Solution 3 (mass points)
Let be the incircle; then it is be the intersection of all three angle bisectors. Draw the bisector to where it intersects , and name the intersection .
Using the angle bisector theorem, we know the ratio is , thus we shall assign a weight of to point and a weight of to point , giving a weight of . In the same manner, using another bisector, we find that has a weight of . So, now we know has a weight of , and the ratio of is . Therefore, the smaller similar triangle is the height of the original triangle . So, is the size of . Multiplying this ratio by the length of , we find is . Therefore, .
See also
2001 AIME I (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | ||
Preceded by Problem 6 |
Followed by Problem 8 | |
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