2019 AIME II Problems/Problem 1
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Problem
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:
.
.
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.
Solution 8 (Very, very, quick, but for observant people only)
First, let's define H as the intersection of CB and DA, and define G as the midpoint of AB. Next, let E and F be the feet of the perpendicular lines from C and D to line AB respectively. We get a pleasing line of symmetry HG where A maps to B, C maps to D, and E maps to F. We notice that 8-15-17 and 8-6-10 are both pythagorean triples and we test that theory. Then, we find AB = 15 - 6 = 9 and GB = 4.5. Since △CEB~△HGB, we find that HG = 2.4. Then, the area of △HGB is 5.4 and the total overlap is 10.8 = 54/5. Noting that GCD(54,5)=1, we add them to get 59.
Note: I omitted some computation
Solution 9 (Cyclic quad)
Since ,
. Thus,
,
,
,
are concyclic.
By Ptolemy's Theorem on ,
The altitudes dropped from and
onto the extension of AB are equal, meaning that
. Therefore,
. It follows that
Solving yields
.
In , drop an altitude from
to
. Call the intersection of this altitude and
,
.
The area of is
. Thus,
, and
.
Therefore, the area of is
.
The requested answer is .
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