Cosines from sines

Geometry Level 4

Circles ω 1 \omega_1 , ω 2 \omega_2 , and ω 3 \omega_3 each have radius 4 4 and are placed in the plane so that each circle is externally tangent to the other two. Points P 1 P_1 , P 2 P_2 , and P 3 P_3 lie on ω 1 \omega_1 , ω 2 \omega_2 , and ω 3 \omega_3 respectively such that P 1 P 2 = P 2 P 3 = P 3 P 1 P_1 P_2 = P_2 P_3 = P_3 P_1 and line P i P i + 1 P_i P_{i+1} is tangent to ω i \omega_i for each i = 1 , 2 , 3 i = 1, 2, 3 , where P 4 = P 1 P_4 = P_1 . The area of P 1 P 2 P 3 \triangle P_1 P_2 P_3 can be written in the form a + b \sqrt{a} + \sqrt{b} for positive integers a a and b b . What is a + b a + b ?


The answer is 552.

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