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Problem
Square has center and are on with and between and and Given that where and are positive integers and is not divisible by the square of any prime, find
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Solution 1 (trignometry)
Let be the foot of the perpendicular from to . Denote and , and (since and ). Then , and .
By the tangent addition rule , we see that Since , this simplifies to . We know that , so we can substitute this to find that .
Substituting again, we know have . This is a quadratic with roots . Since , use the smaller root, .
Now, . The answer is .
Solution 2 (synthetic)
Label , so . Rotate about until lies on . Now we know that therefore also since is the center of the square. Label the new triangle that we created . Now we know that rotation preserves angles and side lengths, so and . Draw and . Notice that since rotations preserve the same angles so too. By SAS we know that so . Now we have a right with legs and and hypotenuse . By the Pythagorean Theorem,
and applying the quadratic formula we get that . Since we take the positive root, and our answer is .
See also
2005 AIME II (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | ||
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Followed by Problem 13 | |
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