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A circle passes through the vertex C C of a square A B C D ABCD and touches its sides A B AB and A D AD at M M and N N respectively .If the distance from C C to the line segment MN is equal to 5 units.Then the area of the rectangle A B C D ABCD is:

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2 solutions

Milan Milanic
Jan 10, 2016

Very nice problem.

So, we have that C T CT (picture) is 5 5 . Because the circle only touches A B AB and A D AD , it is obligated that the circle's radius forms right angle with both segments. Therefore, we can represent C T CT as r + r 2 2 r + \frac{r \sqrt{2}}{2} . Thus, we can say that r = 10 2 + 2 r = \frac{10}{2 + \sqrt{2}} .

Now, let's focus on a a ( A B C D \square ABCD 's side). A M AM is obviosly r r ( A M O N AMON is square) and M B MB will be r 2 2 \frac{r \sqrt{2}}{2} , therefore a = r × 2 + 2 2 a = r \times \frac{2 + \sqrt{2}}{2} .

When we use swap r r with 10 2 + 2 \frac{10}{2 + \sqrt{2}} , we get that a = 10 2 + 2 × 2 + 2 2 a = \frac{10}{2 + \sqrt{2}} \times \frac{2 + \sqrt{2}}{2} , and that is a = 5 a = 5 .

From this point, further explaining is not necessary. Solution is 25 25 .

Raven Herd
Jan 12, 2016

Here 's my solution .

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