2021 AIME I Problems/Problem 11
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Problem
Let be a cyclic quadrilateral with
and
. Let
and
be the feet of the perpendiculars from
and
, respectively, to line
and let
and
be the feet of the perpendiculars from
and
respectively, to line
. The perimeter of
is
, where
and
are relatively prime positive integers. Find
.
Diagram
~MRENTHUSIASM (by Geometry Expressions)
Solution 1
Let be the intersection of
and
. Let
.
Firstly, since , we deduce that
is cyclic. This implies that
, with a ratio of
. This means that
. Similarly,
. Hence
It therefore only remains to find
.
From Ptolemy's theorem, we have that . From Brahmagupta's Formula,
. But the area is also
, so
. Then the desired fraction is
for an answer of
.
Solution 2 (Finding cos x)
The angle between diagonals satisfies
(see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclic_quadrilateral#Angle_formulas).
Thus,
or
That is,
or
Thus,
or
In this context,
. Thus,
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Solution 3 (Pythagorean Theorem)
We assume that the two quadrilateral mentioned in the problem are similar (due to both of them being cyclic). Note that by Ptolemy’s, one of the diagonals has length [I don't believe this is correct... are the two diagonals of
necessarily congruent? -peace09] WLOG we focus on diagonal
To find the diagonal of the inner quadrilateral, we drop the altitude from
and
and calculate the length of
Let
be
(Thus
By Pythagorean theorem, we have
Now let
be
(thus making
). Similarly, we have
We see that
, the scaled down diagonal is just
which is
times our original diagonal
implying a scale factor of
Thus, due to perimeters scaling linearly, the perimeter of the new quadrilateral is simply
making our answer
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Solution 4 (Cyclic Quadrilaterals, Similar Triangles, and Trigonometry)
This solution refers to the Diagram section.
By the Converse of the Inscribed Angle Theorem, if distinct points and
lie on the same side of
(but not on
itself) for which
then
and
are cyclic. From the Converse of the Inscribed Angle Theorem, quadrilaterals
and
are all cyclic.
Suppose and
intersect at
and let
It follows that
and
We obtain the following diagram:
In every cyclic quadrilateral, each pair of opposite angles is supplementary. So, we have (both supplementary to
) and
(both supplementary to
), from which
by AA, with the ratio of similitude
Similarly, we have
(both supplementary to
) and
(both supplementary to
), from which
by AA, with the ratio of similitude
We apply the Transitive Property to
and
- We get
so
by SAS, with the ratio of similitude
- We get
so
by SAS, with the ratio of similitude
From and
the perimeter of
is
Two solutions follow from here:
Solution 4.1 (Law of Cosines)
Note that holds for all
We apply the Law of Cosines to
and
respectively:
We subtract
from
Finally, substituting this result into
gives
from which the answer is
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Solution 4.2 (Area Formulas)
Let the brackets denote areas.
We find in two different ways:
- Note that
holds for all
By area addition, we get
- By Brahmagupta's Formula, we get
where
is the semiperimeter of
Equating the expressions for we have
so
Since
we have
It follows that
Finally, substituting this result into
gives
from which the answer is
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Remark (Ptolemy's Theorem)
In we have
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