As shown, is a right angle triangle with and . is the midpoint of and equation of is ; is the midpoint of and equation of is . Given that the area of triangle is , where and are coprime positive integers , find .
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As shown, θ = α − β and hence tan θ = 1 + ( − 5 ) ( 3 ) − 5 − 3 = 7 4 . Now transform the diagram into the following figure, where B = ( − 5 0 , 0 ) , C = ( 5 0 , 0 ) and A = ( 2 a , 2 b ) which ( 2 a ) 2 + ( 2 b ) 2 = 5 0 2 .
Note that D = ( − 2 5 + a , b ) , E = ( 2 5 + a , b ) as they are midpoints.
Now tan θ = 1 + ( − 7 5 + a b ) ( 7 5 + a b ) − 7 5 + a b − 7 5 + a b = a 2 + b 2 − 7 5 2 1 5 0 b = 2 5 2 − 7 5 2 1 5 0 b = − 1 0 0 3 b . Since tan θ = 7 4 , then b = − 2 1 4 0 0 .
Lastly, the area of triangle A B C is 2 1 ( 1 0 0 ) ∣ 2 b ∣ = 2 1 4 0 0 0 0 = q p and so p + q = 4 0 0 2 1 .