2016 AMC 10A Problems/Problem 19
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[hide]Problem
In rectangle
and
. Point
between
and
, and point
between
and
are such that
. Segments
and
intersect
at
and
, respectively. The ratio
can be written as
where the greatest common factor of
and
is
What is
?
Solution 1 (Similar Triangles)
Use similar triangles. Our goal is to put the ratio in terms of . Since
Therefore,
. Similarly,
. This means that
. Therefore,
so
Solution 2 (Mass points and Similar Triangles - Easy)
This problem breaks down into finding and
. We can find the first using mass points, and the second using similar triangles.
Draw point on
such that
. Then, by similar triangles
. Again, by similar triangles
and
,
. Now we begin Mass Points.
We will consider the triangle with center
, so that
balances
and
, and
balances
and
. Assign a mass of
to
. Then,
so
. By mass points addition,
since
balances
and
.
Also,
so
so
. Then,
.
To calculate , extend
past
to point
such that
lies on
. Then
is similar to
so
. Also,
is similar to
so
Now, we wish to get . Observe that
. So,
so (since
has sum
),
. now, we may combine the two and get
so
.
~Firebolt360
Solution 3(Coordinate Bash)
We can set coordinates for the points. and
. The line
's equation is
, line
's equation is
, and line
's equation is
. Adding the equations of lines
and
, we find that the coordinates of
are
. Furthermore we find that the coordinates of
are
. Using the Pythagorean Theorem, we get that the length of
is
, and the length of
is
The length of
. Then
The ratio
Then
and
is
and
, respectively. The problem tells us to find
, so
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Solution 4
Extend to meet
at point
. Since
and
,
by similar triangles
and
. It follows that
. Now, using similar triangles
and
,
. WLOG let
. Solving for
gives
and
. So our desired ratio is
and
.
Solution 5 (Mass Points)
Draw line segment , and call the intersection between
and
point
. In
, observe that
and
. Using mass points, find that
. Again utilizing
, observe that
and
. Use mass points to find that
. Now, draw a line segment with points
,
,
, and
ordered from left to right. Set the values
,
,
and
. Setting both sides segment
equal, we get
. Plugging in and solving gives
,
,
. The question asks for
, so we add
to
and multiply the ratio by
to create integers. This creates
. This sums up to
Solution 6 (Easy Coord Bash)
We set coordinates for the points. Let and
. Then the equation of line
is
the equation of line
is
and the equation of line
is
. We find that the x-coordinate of point
is
by solving
Similarly we find that the x-coordinate of point
is
by solving
It follows that
Hence
and
~ Solution by dolphin7
Video Solution
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aG9JiBMd0ag
Video Solution 2
~IceMatrix
Video Solution 3 by OmegaLearn
https://youtu.be/4_x1sgcQCp4?t=3406
~ pi_is_3.14
See Also
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