2019 AIME II Problems/Problem 1
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Two different points, and , lie on the same side of line so that and are congruent with , , and . The intersection of these two triangular regions has area , where and are relatively prime positive integers. Find .
Solution
- Diagram by Brendanb4321
Extend to form a right triangle with legs and such that is the hypotenuse and connect the points so
that you have a rectangle. (We know that is a , since is an .) The base of the rectangle will be . Now, let be the intersection of and . This means that and are with ratio . Set up a proportion, knowing that the two heights add up to 8. We will let be the height from to , and be the height of .
This means that the area is . This gets us
-Solution by the Math Wizard, Number Magician of the Second Order, Head of the Council of the Geometers
Solution 2
Using the diagram in Solution 1, let be the intersection of and . We can see that angle is in both and . Since and are congruent by AAS, we can then state and . It follows that and . We can now state that the area of is the area of the area of . Using Heron's formula, we compute the area of . Using the Law of Cosines on angle , we obtain
(For convenience, we're not going to simplify.)
Applying the Law of Cosines on yields This means . Next, apply Heron's formula to get the area of , which equals after simplifying. Subtracting the area of from the area of yields the area of , which is , giving us our answer, which is -Solution by flobszemathguy
Solution 3 (Very quick)
- Diagram by Brendanb4321 extended by Duoquinquagintillion
Begin with the first step of solution 1, seeing is the hypotenuse of a triangle and calling the intersection of and point . Next, notice is the hypotenuse of an triangle. Drop an altitude from with length , so the other leg of the new triangle formed has length . Notice we have formed similar triangles, and we can solve for .
So has area And - Solution by Duoquinquagintillion
Solution 4
Let . By Law of Cosines, And
- by Mathdummy
Solution 5
Because and , quadrilateral is cyclic. So, Ptolemy's theorem tells us that
From here, there are many ways to finish which have been listed above. If we let , then
Using Heron's formula on , we see that
Thus, our answer is . ~a.y.711
Solution 6
Let . Now consider , and if we find the coordinates of , by symmetry about , we can find the coordinates of D.
So let . So the following equations hold:
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Solving by squaring both equations and then subtracting one from the other to eliminate , we get because is in the second quadrant.
Now by symmetry, .
So now you can proceed by finding the intersection and then calculating the area directly. We get .
~hastapasta
Solution 7
Since the figure formed by connecting the vertices of the congruent triangles is a isoceles trapezoid, by Ptolemys, the other base of the trapezoid is Then, dropping altitudes to the base of and using pythagorean theorem, we have the height is and we can use similar triangles to finish.
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