2019 AIME II Problems/Problem 1
Problem
Two different points, and , lie on the same side of line so that and are congruent with , , and . The intersection of these two triangular regions has area , where and are relatively prime positive integers. Find .
Solution
- Diagram by Brendanb4321
Extend to form a right triangle with legs and such that is the hypotenuse and connect the points so that you have a rectangle. The base of the rectangle will be . Now, let be the intersection of and . This means that and are with ratio . Set up a proportion, knowing that the two heights add up to 8. We will let be the height from to , and be the height of .
This means that the area is . This gets us
See Also
2019 AIME II (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | ||
Preceded by First Problem |
Followed by Problem 2 | |
1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 | ||
All AIME Problems and Solutions |
The problems on this page are copyrighted by the Mathematical Association of America's American Mathematics Competitions.