2003 AIME I Problems/Problem 12
Problem
In convex quadrilateral and
The perimeter of
is 640. Find
(The notation
means the greatest integer that is less than or equal to
)
Solution
Solution 1
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Let so
. By the Law of Cosines in
at angle
and in
at angle
,
Then
and grouping the
terms gives
.
Since ,
and thus
so
and so
.
Solution 2
Notice that , and
, and
, so we have side-side-angle matching on triangles
and
. Since the problem does not allow
, we know that
is not a right angle, and there is a unique other triangle with the matching side-side-angle.
Extend to
so that
is isosceles with
. Then notice that
has matching side-side-angle, and yet
because
is not right. Therefore
is the unique triangle mentioned above, so
is congruent, in some order of vertices, to
. Since
would imply
, making quadrilateral
degenerate, we must have
.
Since the perimeter of is
,
. Hence
. Drop the altitude of
from
and call the foot
. Then right triangle trigonometry on
shows that
, so
.
See also
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