The diagram shows a black semicircle with radius
. The cyan and green semicircle are growing and shrinking freely on the black semicirle's diameter. The purple circle is internally tangent to the black semicircle and tangent to both green and cyan semicircle. The red and orange circles are internally tangent to the black semicircle and tangent to the purple circle and to one of the bottom semicircles.Using the tangency points, we draw a blue and an yellow triangle. When the sum of the curvature of each circle (purple, red, orange) is equal to
, the ratio of the area of both triangles can be expressed as
, where
and
are coprime positive integers. Find
.
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This is probably the last of Dynamic Geometry: P80 Series by @Valentin Duringer . A lot of calculations in the earlier problems in the series are necessary before we can answer this problem. I have compiled the calculations into a note for better understanding and ease of reference so that my solution to this problem is shorter. I will update the solutions of other problems in the series.
Solution to Dynamic Geometry: P105
Let the center of the unit semicircle be O ( 0 , 0 ) , the origin of the x y -plane, its diameter base A B , the center of the purple circle be P , ∠ P O B = θ , and t = tan 2 θ .
From the calculations in Dynamic Geometry: P80 Series , the radii of the purple, red, and orange circles, r , r 3 , and r 4 respectively are:
⎩ ⎪ ⎪ ⎪ ⎪ ⎨ ⎪ ⎪ ⎪ ⎪ ⎧ r = ( 1 + t ) 2 2 t r 3 = 9 t 2 + 2 t + 1 2 t r 4 = t 2 + 2 t + 9 2 t
When the sum of the curvatures of these circles is 8 2 1 1 , we have:
r 1 + r 3 1 + r 4 1 2 t ( 1 + t ) 2 + 2 t 9 t 2 + 2 t + 1 + 2 t t 2 + 2 t + 9 ⟹ t = 8 2 1 1 = 8 2 1 1 = 4
From the calculations in Dynamic Geometry: P80 Series again, the vertices of the two triangle are:
⎩ ⎪ ⎪ ⎨ ⎪ ⎪ ⎧ S 1 ( 1 3 t 2 + 4 t + 1 1 − 1 3 t 2 , 1 3 t 2 + 4 t + 1 6 t ) , T 1 ( t 2 + 4 t + 1 3 1 3 − t 2 , t 2 + 4 t + 1 3 6 t ) , S 2 ( 5 t 2 + 2 t + 1 1 − 5 t 2 , 5 t 2 + 2 t + 1 4 t ) , T 2 ( t 2 + 2 t + 5 5 − t 2 , t 2 + 2 t + 5 4 t ) , S 3 ( 9 t 2 + 1 1 − 9 t 2 , 9 t 2 + 1 6 t ) T 3 ( t 2 + 9 9 − t 2 , t 2 + 9 6 t )
When t = 4 ,
⎩ ⎪ ⎪ ⎨ ⎪ ⎪ ⎧ S 1 ( − 2 5 2 3 , 7 5 8 ) , T 1 ( − 1 5 1 , 1 5 8 ) , S 2 ( − 8 9 7 9 , 8 9 1 6 ) , T 2 ( − 2 9 1 1 , 2 9 1 6 ) , S 3 ( − 1 4 5 1 4 3 , 1 4 5 2 4 ) T 3 ( − 2 5 7 , 2 5 2 4 )
We can find the areas of the two triangles using shoelace formula .
⎩ ⎪ ⎪ ⎨ ⎪ ⎪ ⎧ A S = 2 1 ∣ ∣ ∣ ∣ ( − 2 5 2 3 + 1 4 5 1 4 3 ) ( 8 9 1 6 − 7 5 8 ) − ( − 2 5 2 3 + 8 9 7 9 ) ( 1 4 5 2 4 − 7 5 8 ) ∣ ∣ ∣ ∣ A T = 2 1 ∣ ∣ ∣ ∣ ( − 1 5 1 + 2 5 7 ) ( 2 9 1 6 − 1 5 8 ) − ( − 1 5 1 + 2 9 1 1 ) ( 2 5 2 4 − 1 5 8 ) ∣ ∣ ∣ ∣ = 3 2 2 6 2 5 1 0 8 8 = 1 0 8 7 5 7 0 4 ⟹ A T A S = 3 2 2 6 2 5 1 0 8 8 ⋅ 7 0 4 1 0 8 7 5 = 9 7 9 5 1
Therefore p + q = 5 1 + 9 7 9 = 1 0 3 0 .