2011 AIME II Problems/Problem 10
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Problem 10
A circle with center has radius 25. Chord
of length 30 and chord
of length 14 intersect at point
. The distance between the midpoints of the two chords is 12. The quantity
can be represented as
, where
and
are relatively prime positive integers. Find the remainder when
is divided by 1000.
Solution 1
Let and
be the midpoints of
and
, respectively, such that
intersects
.
Since and
are midpoints,
and
.
and
are located on the circumference of the circle, so
.
The line through the midpoint of a chord of a circle and the center of that circle is perpendicular to that chord, so and
are right triangles (with
and
being the right angles). By the Pythagorean Theorem,
, and
.
Let ,
, and
be lengths
,
, and
, respectively. OEP and OFP are also right triangles, so
, and
We are given that has length 12, so, using the Law of Cosines with
:
Substituting for and
, and applying the Cosine of Sum formula:
and
are acute angles in right triangles, so substitute opposite/hypotenuse for sines and adjacent/hypotenuse for cosines:
Combine terms and multiply both sides by :
Combine terms again, and divide both sides by 64:
Square both sides:
This reduces to ;
.
Solution 2 - Fastest
We begin as in the first solution. Once we see that has side lengths
,
, and
, we can compute its area with Heron's formula:
Thus, the circumradius of triangle is
. Looking at
, we see that
, which makes it a cyclic quadrilateral. This means
's circumcircle and
's inscribed circle are the same.
Since is cyclic with diameter
, we have
, so
and the answer is
.
Solution 3
We begin as the first solution have and
. Because
, Quadrilateral
is inscribed in a Circle. Assume point
is the center of this circle.
point
is on
Link and
, Made line
, then
On the other hand,
As a result,
Therefore,
As a result,
Solution 4
Let .
Proceed as the first solution in finding that quadrilateral has side lengths
,
,
, and
, and diagonals
and
.
We note that quadrilateral is cyclic and use Ptolemy's theorem to solve for
:
Solving, we have so the answer is
.
-Solution by blueberrieejam
~bluesoul changes the equation to a right equation, the previous equation isn't solvable
Solution 5 (Quick Angle Solution)
Let be the midpoint of
and
of
. As
, quadrilateral
is cyclic with diameter
. By Cyclic quadrilaterals note that
.
The area of can be computed by Herons as
The area is also
. Therefore,
~ Aaryabhatta1
Solution 6
Define and
as the midpoints of
and
, respectively. Because
, we have that
is a cyclic quadrilateral. Hence,
Then, let these two angles be denoted as
.
Now, assume WLOG that
and
(We can do this because one of
or
must be less than 7, and similarly for
and
). Then, by Power of a Point on P with respect to the circle with center
, we have that
Then, let
. From Law of Cosines on
, we have that
Plugging in
in gives
Hence,
Then, we also know that
Squaring this, we get
Equating our expressions for
, we get
Solving gives us that
.
Since
, from the Pythagorean Theorem,
,
and thus the answer is
, which when divided by a thousand leaves a remainder of
-Mr.Sharkman
Note: my solution was very long and tedious. It was definitely was the least elegant solution. The only thing I like about it contains no quadratic equations (unless you count LoC)
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