Three congruent squares, sharing a common vertex , are inscribed in with two opposing vertices of each square touching the triangle. The sides of are , , and
If the side length of the squares is , where , , and are coprime positive integers and is square-free, submit .
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Let ∠ L X M = α , ∠ K X J = β , and ∠ O X P = γ . We note that ∠ X P O = 9 0 ∘ − 2 γ , ⟹ ∠ X P M = 1 3 5 ∘ − 2 γ , ∠ M P B = 4 5 ∘ + 2 γ , ∠ P M L = 4 5 ∘ + 2 γ + B , ∠ X M L = 2 γ + B . Therefore ∠ L X M = α = 1 8 0 ∘ − γ − 2 B . Similarly, β = 1 8 0 ∘ − γ − 2 A . Also note that:
α + β + γ + 3 × 9 0 ∘ α + β + γ 1 8 0 ∘ − γ − 2 B + 1 8 0 ∘ − γ − 2 A + γ = 3 6 0 ∘ = 9 0 ∘ = 9 0 ∘
⟹ γ = 2 7 0 ∘ − 2 ( A + B ) = 2 7 0 ∘ − 2 ( 1 8 0 ∘ − C ) = 2 C − 9 0 ∘
Therefore we can find the values of α , β , and γ . A special feature of 1 3 - 1 4 - 1 5 triangle is that the altitude from C to A B is 1 2 . Then the area of △ A B C is 8 4 . Let the side length of the squares be r and the altitudes from X to B C , C A , and A B be h a , h b , and h c respectively. Then the area of △ A B C is also given by:
2 h a ⋅ B C + h b ⋅ C A + h c ⋅ A B 2 1 ( 1 5 r cos 2 α + 1 3 r cos 2 β + 1 4 r cos 2 γ ) = [ A B C ] = 8 4
We find that tan A = 5 1 2 , tan B = 3 4 , and tan C = 1 − 1 2 5 ⋅ 4 3 1 2 5 + 4 3 = 3 3 5 6 and
tan 2 γ tan 2 α tan 2 β = tan ( C − 4 5 ∘ ) = 3 3 5 6 + 1 3 3 5 6 − 1 = 8 9 2 3 = tan ( 9 0 ∘ − 2 γ − B ) = cot ( 2 γ + B ) = 8 9 2 3 + 3 4 1 − 8 9 2 3 ⋅ 3 4 = 1 7 7 = tan ( 9 0 ∘ − 2 γ − A ) = cot ( 2 γ + A ) = 8 9 2 3 + 5 1 2 1 − 8 9 2 3 ⋅ 5 1 2 = 7 1 ⟹ cos 2 γ = 6 5 2 8 9 ⟹ cos 2 α = 1 3 2 1 7 ⟹ cos 2 β = 5 2 7
Therefore,
( 1 3 2 1 7 ⋅ 1 5 + 5 2 7 ⋅ 1 3 + 6 5 2 8 9 ⋅ 1 4 ) r 6 5 2 3 7 0 4 r ⟹ r = 8 4 ⋅ 2 = 8 4 ⋅ 2 = 4 6 3 1 3 6 5 2
⟹ a + b + c = 1 3 6 5 + 2 + 4 6 3 = 1 8 3 0