2006 AIME II Problems/Problem 12

Problem

Equilateral $\triangle ABC$ is inscribed in a circle of radius $2$ . Extend $\overline{AB}$ through $B$ to point $D$ so that $AD=13,$ and extend $\overline{AC}$ through $C$ to point $E$ so that $AE = 11.$ Through $D,$ draw a line $l_1$ parallel to $\overline{AE},$ and through $E,$ draw a line $l_2$ parallel to $\overline{AD}.$ Let $F$ be the intersection of $l_1$ and $l_2.$ Let $G$ be the point on the circle that is collinear with $A$ and $F$ and distinct from $A.$ Given that the area of $\triangle CBG$ can be expressed in the form $\frac{p\sqrt{q}}{r},$ where $p, q,$ and $r$ are positive integers, $p$ and $r$ are relatively prime, and $q$ is not divisible by the square of any prime, find $p+q+r.$

Solution

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Notice that $\angle{E} = \angle{BGC} = 120^\circ$ because $\angle{A} = 60^\circ$ . Also, $\angle{GBC} = \angle{GAC} = \angle{FAE}$ because they both correspond to arc ${GC}$ . So $\Delta{GBC} \sim \Delta{EAF}$ .

$[EAF] = \frac12 (AE)(EF)\sin \angle AEF = \frac12\cdot11\cdot13\cdot\sin{120^\circ} = \frac {143\sqrt3}4.$

Because the ratio of the area of two similar figures is the square of the ratio of the corresponding sides, $[GBC] = \frac {BC^2}{AF^2}\cdot[EAF] = \frac {12}{11^2 + 13^2 - 2\cdot11\cdot13\cdot\cos120^\circ}\cdot\frac {143\sqrt3}4 = \frac {429\sqrt3}{433}$ . Therefore, the answer is $429+433+3=\boxed{865}$ .

Solution 2: Analytic Geometry

Solution by e_power_pi_times_i

Let the center of the circle be $O$ and the origin. Then, $A (0,2)$ , $B (-\sqrt{3}, -1)$ , $C (\sqrt{3}, -1)$ . $D$ and $E$ can be calculated easily knowing $AD$ and $AE$ , $D (-\dfrac{13}{2}, \dfrac{-13\sqrt{3}+4}{2})$ , $E (\dfrac{11}{2}, \dfrac{-11\sqrt{3}+4}{2})$ . As $DF$ and $EF$ are parallel to $AE$ and $AD$ , $F (-1, -12\sqrt{3}+2)$ . $G$ and $A$ is the intersection between $AF$ and circle $O$ . Therefore $G (-\dfrac{48\sqrt{3}}{433}, -\dfrac{862}{433})$ . Using the Shoelace Theorem, $[CBG] = \dfrac{429\sqrt{3}}{433}$ , so the answer is $\boxed{865}$

Solution 3: Trig

Lines $l_1$ and $l_2$ are constructed such that $AEFD$ is a parallelogram, hence $DF = 13$ . Since $BAC$ is equilateral with angle of $60^{\circ}$ , angle $D$ is $120^{\circ}$ . Use law of cosines to find $AF = \sqrt{433}$ . Then use law of sines to find angle $BAG$ and $GAC$ . Next we use Ptolemy's Theorem on $ABGC$ to find that $CG + BG = AG$ . Next we use law of cosine on triangles $BAG$ and $GAC$ , solving for BG and CG respectively. Subtract the two equations and divide out a $BG + CG$ to find the value of $CG - BG$ . Next, $AG = 2\cdot R \cos{\theta}$ , where R is radius of circle $= 2$ and $\theta =$ angle $BAG$ . We already know sine of the angle so find cosine, hence we have found $AG$ . At this point it is system of equation yielding $CG = \frac{26\sqrt{3}}{\sqrt{433}}$ and $BG = \frac{22\sqrt{3}}{\sqrt{433}}$ . Given $[CBG] = \frac{BC \cdot CG \cdot BG}{4R}$ , and $BC = 2\sqrt{3}$ by $30-60-90$ triangle, we can evaluate to find $[CBG] = \frac{429\sqrt{3}}{433}$ , to give answer = $\boxed{865}$ . The problems on this page are copyrighted by the Mathematical Association of America's American Mathematics Competitions.

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Solution 2: Analytic Geometry

Solution 3: Trig

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