2014 AIME II Problems/Problem 8

Problem

Circle $C$ with radius 2 has diameter $\overline{AB}$ . Circle D is internally tangent to circle $C$ at $A$ . Circle $E$ is internally tangent to circle $C$ , externally tangent to circle $D$ , and tangent to $\overline{AB}$ . The radius of circle $D$ is three times the radius of circle $E$ , and can be written in the form $\sqrt{m}-n$ , where $m$ and $n$ are positive integers. Find $m+n$ .

Solution 1

$[asy] import graph; size(7.99cm); real labelscalefactor = 0.5; pen dps = linewidth(0.7) + fontsize(10); defaultpen(dps); pen dotstyle = black; real xmin = 4.087153740193288, xmax = 11.08175859031552, ymin = -4.938019122704778, ymax = 1.194137062512079; draw(circle((7.780000000000009,-1.320000000000002), 2.000000000000000)); draw(circle((7.271934046987930,-1.319179731427737), 1.491933384829670)); draw(circle((9.198812158392690,-0.8249788848962227), 0.4973111282761416)); draw((5.780002606580324,-1.316771019595571)--(9.779997393419690,-1.323228980404432)); draw((9.198812158392690,-0.8249788848962227)--(9.198009254448635,-1.322289365031666)); draw((7.271934046987930,-1.319179731427737)--(9.198812158392690,-0.8249788848962227)); draw((9.198812158392690,-0.8249788848962227)--(7.780000000000009,-1.320000000000002)); dot((7.780000000000009,-1.320000000000002),dotstyle); label("$C$", (7.707377218471464,-1.576266740352400), NE * labelscalefactor); dot((7.271934046987930,-1.319179731427737),dotstyle); label("$D$", (7.303064016111554,-1.276266740352400), NE * labelscalefactor); dot((9.198812158392690,-0.8249788848962227),dotstyle); label("$E$", (9.225301294671791,-0.7792624249832147), NE * labelscalefactor); dot((9.198009254448635,-1.322289365031666),dotstyle); label("$F$", (9.225301294671791,-1.276266740352400), NE * labelscalefactor); dot((9.779997393419690,-1.323228980404432),dotstyle); label("$B$", (9.810012253929656,-1.276266740352400), NE * labelscalefactor); dot((5.780002606580324,-1.316771019595571),dotstyle); label("$A$", (5.812051070003994,-1.276266740352400), NE * labelscalefactor); clip((xmin,ymin)--(xmin,ymax)--(xmax,ymax)--(xmax,ymin)--cycle); [/asy]$

Using the diagram above, let the radius of $D$ be $3r$ , and the radius of $E$ be $r$ . Then, $EF=r$ , and $CE=2-r$ , so the Pythagorean theorem in $\triangle CEF$ gives $CF=\sqrt{4-4r}$ . Also, $CD=CA-AD=2-3r$ , so $DF=DC+CF=2-3r+\sqrt{4-4r}.$ Noting that $DE=4r$ , we can now use the Pythagorean theorem in $\triangle DEF$ to get $(2-3r+\sqrt{4-4r})^2+r^2=16r^2.$

Solving this quadratic is somewhat tedious, but the constant terms cancel, so the computation isn't terrible. Solving gives $3r=\sqrt{240}-14$ for a final answer of $\boxed{254}$ .

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2014 AIME II Problems/Problem 8

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Solution 1