2005 AIME II Problems/Problem 12
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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
Solution
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Let be a point on
such that
. Denote
and
, and
(since
and
). The tangent of
, and of
.
By the tangent addition rule , we see that
. Since
,
. We know that
, so we can substitute this to find that
.
A second equation can be set up using . To solve for
,
. This is a quadratic with roots
. Since
, use the smaller root,
.
Now, . The answer is
.
Solution 2
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 and by SAS we know that
so
. Now we have a right
with legs
and
and hypotenuse 400. Then by the Pythagorean Theorem],
and applying the quadratic formula we get that
. Since
we take the positive sign because and so our answer is
.
See also
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