and . The red point moves freely along the black circle. We use this chord and the red point to draw the yellow triangle. The triangle's incenter (green point) traces a locus (purple curve and blue curve). The area bounded by both curves can be expressed as:
The diagram shows a black circle. A horizontal yellow chord is drawn creating two circular segments, their respective heights are
where , , , and are positive integers. and are coprime. Find .
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Let the center of the circle be O , the triangle A B C , where A B is the horizontal chord, the center and radius of the incircle at any moment be P and r , and P N and O M be perpendicular to A B . Since the heights of two circular segments are 4 and 9 , the diameter of the circle is 1 3 , hence its radius 6 . 5 . Then A M = B M = 6 and O M = 2 . 5 . The smaller ∠ A O B = 2 tan − 1 5 1 2 and the larger ∠ A O B = 2 π − 2 tan − 1 5 1 2 . When C is on top, ∠ A C B = 2 1 ( 2 π − 2 tan − 1 5 1 2 ) = π − tan − 1 5 1 2 . Let ∠ C A B = θ , then ∠ C B A = tan − 1 5 1 2 − θ , and
A N + N B r cot 2 θ + r cot ( 2 1 tan − 1 5 1 2 − 2 θ ) t r + 3 2 − t 1 + 3 2 t ⋅ r ⟹ r = A B = 1 2 = 1 2 = t 1 + 2 − 3 t 3 + 2 t 1 2 = 1 + t 2 6 t ( 2 − 3 t ) Let t = tan 2 θ
Let the midpoint of A B be the origin of the x y -plane and an arbitrary point on the upper locus be P ( x , y ) . Then
⎩ ⎪ ⎨ ⎪ ⎧ y = r = 1 + t 2 6 t ( 2 − 3 t ) x = t r − 6 = 1 + t 2 6 ( 2 − 3 t ) − 6
Then the area under the locus is
A 1 = ∫ − 6 6 y d x = ∫ − 6 6 1 + t 2 6 t ( 2 − 3 t ) d ( 1 + t 2 6 ( 2 − 3 t ) − 6 ) = ∫ 0 3 2 ( 1 + t 2 ) 3 3 6 t ( 2 − 3 t ) ( 3 + 4 t − 3 t 2 ) d t = 1 1 7 tan − 1 3 2 − 5 4
Similarly, when C is at the bottom, ∠ A C B is half the smaller ∠ A O B , ⟹ ∠ A C B = tan − 1 5 1 2 , r = y = 1 + t 2 4 t ( 3 − 2 t ) , x = 1 + t 2 4 ( 3 − 2 t ) − 6 , and the area under the locus is
A 2 = ∫ − 6 6 y d x = ∫ − 6 6 1 + t 2 4 t ( 3 − 2 t ) d ( 1 + t 2 4 ( 3 − 2 t ) − 6 ) = ∫ 0 2 3 ( 1 + t 2 ) 3 3 6 t ( 2 − 3 t ) ( 3 + 4 t − 3 t 2 ) d t = 5 2 tan − 1 2 3 − 2 4
Therefore A 1 + A 2 = 1 1 7 tan − 1 3 2 + 5 2 tan − 1 2 3 − 7 8 and p + q + m + n + 1 = 1 1 7 + 5 2 + 2 + 3 + 7 8 = 2 5 2