2021 Fall AMC 10B Problems/Problem 25
Problem
A rectangle with side lengths and a square with side length and a rectangle are inscribed inside a larger square as shown. The sum of all possible values for the area of can be written in the form , where and are relatively prime positive integers. What is
Solution 1
We see that the polygon bounded by the small square, large square, and rectangle of known lengths is an isosceles triangle. Let’s draw a perpendicular from the vertex of this triangle to its opposing side;
We see that this creates two congruent triangles. Let the smaller side of the triangle have length and let the larger side of the triangle have length . Now we see by AAS congruency that if we draw perpendiculars that surround the smaller square, each outer triangle will be congruent to these two triangles.
Now notice that these small triangles are also similar to the large triangle bounded by the bigger square and the rectangle by AA, and the ratio of the sides are 1:3, so we can fill in the lengths of that triangle. Similarly, the small triangle on the right bounded by the rectangle and the square is also congruent to the other small triangles by AAS, so we can fill in those sides;
Since the larger square by definition has all equal sides, we can set the sum of the lengths of the sides equal to each other. . Now let's draw some more perpendiculars and rename the side lengths.
By AA similarity, when we draw a perpendicular from the intersection of the two rectangles to the large square, we create a triangle below that is similar to the small congruent triangles with length . Since we don't know it's scale, we'll label it's sides .
The triangle that is created above the perpendicular is congruent to the triangle on the opposite of the rectangle with unknown dimensions because they share the same hypotenuse and have two angles in common. Thus we can label these two triangles accordingly.
The side length of the big square is , so we can find the remaining dimensions of the triangle bounded by the rectangle with unknown dimensions and the large square in terms of and :
This triangle with side lengths and is similar to the triangle directly below it with side lengths and by AA similarity, so we can set up a ratio equation: . There are two solutions to this equation; and . For the first solution, the triangle in the corner has sides and . Using Pythagorean theorem on that triangle, the hypotenuse has length . The triangle directly below has side lengths and in this case, so special right triangle yields the hypotenuse to be . The area of the rectangle is thus . For the second solution, the side lengths of the corner triangle are and , so the hypotenuse of the triangle is . The triangle below that also has side lengths and , so it's hypotenuse is the same. Then the area of the rectangle is .
The sum of the possible areas of the rectangle is therefore .
Using Pythagorean theorem on the original small congruent triangles, or . Therefore the sum of the possible areas of the rectangle is . Therefore , , and
~KingRavi
Solution 2
We know this is a horrible problem, because it is very bashy. So, we order the answer choices, namely ABCDE, in order of goodness from left to right. Since this is an horrible problem, the answer is the rightmost, or . ~oinkoinkpig
Solution 2
We use Image:2021_AMC_10B_(Nov)_Problem_25,_sol.png to facilitate our analysis.
Denote . Thus, .
Hence, and
Because , . Hence, . Hence, and .
Hence, .
Now, we put the graph to a coordinate plane by setting point as the origin, putting in the -axis and on the -axis.
Hence, , , , , , , , , .
Denote , .
Because is a rectangle, . Hence, . We have and . Hence,
Because is a rectangle, and . Hence, .
The equation of line is Because point is on line , plugging the coordinates of into the equation of line , we get
By solving Equations (1) and (2), we get or .
Case 1: .
We have and . Thus, and .
Therefore, .
Case 2: .
We have and . Thus, and .
Therefore, .
Putting these two cases together, the sum of all possible values of the area of is .
Therefore, the answer is .
~Steven Chen (www.professorchenedu.com)
Solution 3
We will scale every number up by a factor of This implies our final area will be of the answer we receive.
We have Let and We have and As is a square, we have or Since we have We have which implies Denote As we have
We have
In addition,
Since we have Simplifying we have We have
Plugging in we have
Plugging in we have
The sum of the two possible s is Hence,
~ASAB
Video Solution
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mPvkipCvhE
See Also
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