2019 AIME II Problems/Problem 15
Problem
In acute triangle points
and
are the feet of the perpendiculars from
to
and from
to
, respectively. Line
intersects the circumcircle of
in two distinct points,
and
. Suppose
,
, and
. The value of
can be written in the form
where
and
are positive integers, and
is not divisible by the square of any prime. Find
.
Solution
Let
Therefore
By power of point, we have
Which are simplified to
Or
(1)
Or
Let
Then,
In triangle , by law of cosine
Pluging (1)
Or
Substitute everything by
The quadratic term is cancelled out after simplified
Which gives
Plug back in,
Then
So the final answer is
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