2022 AIME II Problems/Problem 15
Problem
Two externally tangent circles and have centers and , respectively. A third circle passing through and intersects at and and at and , as shown. Suppose that , , , and is a convex hexagon. Find the area of this hexagon.
Solution 1
First observe that and . Let points and be the reflections of and , respectively, about the perpendicular bisector of . Then quadrilaterals and are congruent, so hexagons and have the same area. Furthermore, triangles and are congruent, so and quadrilateral is an isosceles trapezoid. Next, remark that , so quadrilateral is also an isosceles trapezoid; in turn, , and similarly . Thus, Ptolmey's theorem on yields , whence . Let . The Law of Cosines on triangle yields and hence . Thus the distance between bases and is (in fact, is a triangle with a triangle removed), which implies the area of is .
Now let and ; the tangency of circles and implies . Furthermore, angles and are opposite angles in cyclic quadrilateral , which implies the measure of angle is . Therefore, the Law of Cosines applied to triangle yields
Thus , and so the area of triangle is .
Thus, the area of hexagon is .
~djmathman
Solution 2
Denote by the center of . Denote by the radius of .
We have , , , , , are all on circle .
Denote . Denote . Denote .
Because and are on circles and , is a perpendicular bisector of . Hence, .
Because and are on circles and , is a perpendicular bisector of . Hence, .
In ,
Hence,
In ,
Hence,
In ,
Hence,
Taking , we get . Thus, .
Taking these into (1), we get . Hence,
Hence, .
In ,
In , by applying the law of sines, we get
Because circles and are externally tangent, is on circle , is on circle ,
Thus, .
Now, we compute and .
Recall and . Thus, .
We also have
Thus,
Therefore,
~Steven Chen (www.professorchenedu.com)
Solution 3
Let points and be the reflections of and respectively, about the perpendicular bisector of The arcs and are equal, since the corresponding chords are equal.
The chords are equal, since the corresponding arcs are equal. on three sides. since the corresponding arcs are equal. The quadrilateral with equal sides is an isosceles trapezoid, so Thus, Ptolmey's theorem on yields whence The area of the trapezoid is equal to the area of an isosceles triangle with sides and This area is
The height of the trapezoid is equal to the height of this triangle, that is,
since the sum of these angles
Denote hence Then
Semiperimeter of is
The distance from the vertex to the tangent points of the inscribed circle of the triangle is equal
The radius of the inscribed circle is The area of triangle is
The hexagon is congruent to the hexagon The area of hexagon is equal to the sum of the area of the trapezoid and the areas of two equal triangles and so the area of the hexagon is
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