2019 AIME I Problems/Problem 6
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Problem 6
In convex quadrilateral side
is perpendicular to diagonal
, side
is perpendicular to diagonal
,
, and
. The line through
perpendicular to side
intersects diagonal
at
with
. Find
.
Solution 1 (Trig)
Let and
. Note
.
Then, .
Furthermore,
.
Dividing the equations gives
Thus, , so
.
Solution 2 (Similar triangles)
First, let be the intersection of
and
as shown above. Note that
as given in the problem. Since
and
,
by AA similarity. Similarly,
. Using these similarities we see that
and
Combining the two equations, we get
Since
, we get
.
Solution by vedadehhc
Solution 3 (Similar triangles, orthocenters)
Extend and
past
and
respectively to meet at
. Let
be the intersection of diagonals
and
(this is the orthocenter of
).
As (as
, using the fact that
is the orthocenter), we may let
and
.
Then using similarity with triangles and
we have
Cross-multiplying and dividing by gives
so
. (Solution by scrabbler94)
==Solution 4 (Algebraic Bashing)
First, let be the intersection of
and
. We can use the right triangles in the problem to create equations. Let
We are trying to find
We can find
equations. They are
and
We can subtract the fifth equation from the sixth equation to get
We can subtract the fourth equation from the third equation to get
Combining these equations gives
so
Substituting this into the seventh equation gives
Substituting this into the second equation gives
. Subtracting the first equation from this gives
Solving this equation, we find that
(Solution by DottedCaculator)
Video Solution
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