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Geometry Level 5

As shown, A B C ABC is a right angle triangle with A = 9 0 \angle A = 90^\circ and B C = 100 BC=100 . D D is the midpoint of A B AB and equation of C D CD is y = 3 x + 4 y=3x+4 ; E E is the midpoint of A C AC and equation of B E BE is y = 6 5 x y=6-5x . Given that the area of triangle A B C ABC is p q \dfrac{p}{q} , where p p and q q are coprime positive integers , find p + q p+q .


The answer is 40021.

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2 solutions

Chan Lye Lee
Jun 2, 2016

As shown, θ = α β \theta =\alpha - \beta and hence tan θ = 5 3 1 + ( 5 ) ( 3 ) = 4 7 \tan\theta=\frac{-5-3}{1+(-5)(3)}=\frac{4}{7} . Now transform the diagram into the following figure, where B = ( 50 , 0 ) , C = ( 50 , 0 ) B=(-50,0), C=(50,0) and A = ( 2 a , 2 b ) A=(2a,2b) which ( 2 a ) 2 + ( 2 b ) 2 = 5 0 2 (2a)^2+(2b)^2=50^2 .

Note that D = ( 25 + a , b ) , E = ( 25 + a , b ) D=(-25+a,b), E=(25+a,b) as they are midpoints.

Now tan θ = b 75 + a b 75 + a 1 + ( b 75 + a ) ( b 75 + a ) = 150 b a 2 + b 2 7 5 2 = 150 b 2 5 2 7 5 2 = 3 b 100 \tan\theta=\frac{\frac{b}{-75+a}-\frac{b}{75+a}}{1+\left(\frac{b}{-75+a}\right)\left(\frac{b}{75+a}\right)}=\frac{150b}{a^2+b^2-75^2}=\frac{150b}{25^2-75^2}=-\frac{3b}{100} . Since tan θ = 4 7 \tan\theta=\frac{4}{7} , then b = 400 21 b=-\frac{400}{21} .

Lastly, the area of triangle A B C ABC is 1 2 ( 100 ) 2 b = 40000 21 = p q \frac{1}{2}(100)|2b|=\frac{40000}{21}=\frac{p}{q} and so p + q = 40021 p+q=\boxed{40021} .

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william lacina - 4 years, 11 months ago

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