2013 AIME II Problems/Problem 10

Given a circle of radius $\sqrt{13}$ , let $A$ be a point at a distance $4 + \sqrt{13}$ from the center $O$ of the circle. Let $B$ be the point on the circle nearest to point $A$ . A line passing through the point $A$ intersects the circle at points $K$ and $L$ . The maximum possible area for $\triangle BKL$ can be written in the form $\frac{a - b\sqrt{c}}{d}$ , where $a$ , $b$ , $c$ , and $d$ are positive integers, $a$ and $d$ are relatively prime, and $c$ is not divisible by the square of any prime. Find $a+b+c+d$ .

Solution

Now we put the figure in the Cartesian plane, let the center of the circle $O (0,0)$ , then $B (\sqrt{13},0)$ , and $A(4+\sqrt{13},0)$

The equation for Circle O is $x^2+y^2=13$ , and let the slope of the line $AKL$ be $k$ , then the equation for line $AKL$ is $y=k(x-4-\sqrt{13})$

Then we get $(k^2+1)x^2-2k^2(4+\sqrt{13})x+k^2\cdot (4+\sqrt{13})^2-13=0$ , according to Vieta's formulas, we get

$x1+x2=\frac{2k^2(4+\sqrt{13})}{k^2+1}$ , and $x1x2=\frac{(4+\sqrt{13})^2\cdot k^2-13}{k^2+1}

So,$ (Error compiling LaTeX. Unknown error_msg)LK=\sqrt{1+k^2}\cdot \sqrt{(x1+x2)^2-4x1x2} $Also, the distance between$ O $and$ LK $is$ \frac{k\times \sqrt{13}-(4+\sqrt{13})\cdot k}{\sqrt{1+k^2}}=\frac{-4k}{\sqrt{1+k^2}} $So the ares$ S=0.5ah=\frac{-4k\sqrt{(16-8\sqrt{13})k^2-13}}{k^2+1}

Then the maximum value of $S$ is $\frac{104-26\sqrt{13}}{3}$

So the answer is $104+26+13+3=\boxed{146}$

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2013 AIME II Problems/Problem 10

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