and . When the area of the cyan square is equal to , the expression can be expressed as , where and are coprime positive integers. Find .
The diagram shows a black circle with radius one. A purple diameter is drawn. The blue point travels freely on the circle, which allows us to draw a purple triangle. The cyan square is inscribed in the triangle so it is tangent to the hypotenuse. The left side angle and right side angle of the purple triangle are
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Let the diameter of the circle be A B , the moving triangle vertex be C , the square vertex on A B be D , and the side length of the square be a . Then
A D + D B a csc α + a sec α ⟹ a = A B = 2 = csc α + sec α 2 = sin α + cos α 2 sin α cos α = sin α + cos α sin 2 α
When the area of the square,
a 2 ( sin α + cos α ) 2 sin 2 2 α sin 2 α + 1 sin 2 2 α 1 4 2 1 sin 2 2 α − 4 0 0 sin 2 α − 4 0 0 ( 2 9 sin 2 α − 2 0 ) ( 4 9 sin 2 α + 2 0 ) sin 2 α 1 + tan 2 α 2 tan α cot α + tan α 1 tan ( 9 0 ∘ − α ) + tan α 1 ⟹ tan α + tan β = 1 4 2 1 4 0 0 = 1 4 2 1 4 0 0 = 1 4 2 1 4 0 0 = 0 = 0 = 2 9 2 0 = 2 9 2 0 = 2 9 1 0 = 2 9 1 0 = 1 0 2 9 Since α is acute, Note that β = 9 0 ∘ − α
Therefore p + q = 1 0 + 2 9 = 3 9 .