2024 AIME II Problems/Problem 8
Torus is the surface produced by revolving a circle with radius 3 around an axis in the plane of the circle that is a distance 6 from the center of the circle (so like a donut). Let
be a sphere with a radius 11. When
rests on the outside of
, it is externally tangent to
along a circle with radius
, and when
rests on the outside of
, it is externally tangent to
along a circle with radius
. The difference
can be written as
, where
and
are relatively prime positive integers. Find
.
Solution 1
First, let's consider a section of the solids, along the axis.
By some 3D-Geomerty thinking, we can simply know that the axis crosses the sphere center. So, that is saying, the
we took crosses one of the equator of the sphere.
Here I drew two graphs, the first one is the case when is internally tangent to
, and the second one is when
is externally tangent to
.
For both graphs, point is the center of sphere
, and points
and
are the intersections of the sphere and the axis. Point
(ignoring the subscripts) is one of the circle centers of the intersection of torus
with section
. Point
(again, ignoring the subscripts) is one of the tangents between the torus
and sphere
on section
.
,
.
And then, we can start our calculation.
In both cases, we know .
Hence, in the case of internal tangent, . In the case of external tangent,
.
Thereby, . And there goes the answer,
~Prof_Joker
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