2005 AIME I Problems/Problem 14

Problem

Consider the points $A(0,12), B(10,9), C(8,0),$ and $D(-4,7).$ There is a unique square $S$ such that each of the four points is on a different side of $S.$ Let $K$ be the area of $S.$ Find the remainder when $10K$ is divided by 1000.

Solution

Let $(a,b)$ denote a normal vector of the side containing $A$ . The lines containing the sides of the square have the form $ax+by=12b$ , $ax+by=8a$ , $bx-ay=10b-9a$ and $bx-ay=-4b-7a$ . The lines form a square, so the distance between $C$ and the line through $A$ equals the distance between $D$ and the line through $B$ , hence $8a+0b-12b=-4b-7a-10b+9a$ , or $-3a=b$ . We can take $a=-1$ and $b=3$ . So the side of the square is $\frac{44}{\sqrt{10}}$ , the area is $K=\frac{1936}{10}$ , and the answer to the problem is $936$ .

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