2019 AIME II Problems/Problem 15
Problem
In acute triangle 
points 
and 
are the feet of the perpendiculars from 
to 
and from 
to 
, respectively. Line 
intersects the circumcircle of 
in two distinct points, 
and 
. Suppose 
, 
, and 
. The value of 
can be written in the form 
where 
and 
are positive relatively prime integers. Find 
.
Solution
Let 
Therefore $AB= \frac{b}{k} , AC= \frac{a}{k}
By power of point, we have$ (Error compiling LaTeX. Unknown error_msg)AP*BP=XP*YP , AQ*CQ=YQ*XQ
400= \frac{ab}{k} - a^2$$ (Error compiling LaTeX. Unknown error_msg)525= \frac{ab}{k} - b^2
a^2= \frac{ab}{k} - 400$$ (Error compiling LaTeX. Unknown error_msg)b^2= \frac{ab}{k} - 525$(1)
Or$ (Error compiling LaTeX. Unknown error_msg)k= \frac{ab}{a^2+400} = \frac{ab}{b^2+525}
Let 
Then, $a=\sqrt{u-400},b=\sqrt{u-525},k=\frac{\sqrt{(u-400)(u-525)}}{u}
In triangle$ (Error compiling LaTeX. Unknown error_msg)APQ
25^2= a^2 + b^2 - 2abk
625= \frac{ab}{k} - 400 + \frac{ab}{k} - 525 -2abk \frac{ab}{k} - abk =775
u$$ (Error compiling LaTeX. Unknown error_msg)u- \frac{(u-400)(u-525)}{u} =775$The quadratic term is cancelled out after simplified
Which gives$ (Error compiling LaTeX. Unknown error_msg)u=1400
a= \sqrt{1000} , b=\sqrt{775}
AB*AC= \frac{a}{k} \frac{b}{k} = \frac{ab}{\frac{ab}{u} *\frac{ab}{u} } = \frac{u^2}{ab}
= \frac{1400 * 1400}{ \sqrt{ 1000* 875 }} = 560 \sqrt{14}
So the final answer is 560 + 14 = 574
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