The diagram shows a triangle. The green side is always equal to
and the red side is always equal to
. The common point to the red and pink sides does not move, the pink side grows and shrinks because the common point to the blue and pink sides move horizontaly. The circumcenter (black point) traces a
locus
(blue curve). It bounces between two points, cyan and orange. When the circumcenter is at the cyan point, the circumradius is its
minimum
possible. When the circumcenter is at the orange point, the area of the triangle is its
maximum
possible. The cyan segment is perpendicular to the pink side. The area bounded by the blue curve, the orange segment, and the cyan segment can be expressed as
where
,
and
are positive integers and
is square-free. Find
.
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Label the triangle as A B C such that C A = b = 1 5 and B C = a = 8 . Let A be the origin ( 0 , 0 ) of the x y -plane with A B along the x -axis, O ( x , y ) be the variable circumcenter, and ∠ C = θ .
Then by cosine rule , c 2 = a 2 + b 2 − 2 a b cos θ = 2 8 9 − 2 4 0 cos θ . Since circumcenter O is where the three perpendicular side dividers meet, x = 2 c = 2 1 2 8 9 − 2 4 0 cos θ .
Let the circumradius be \R). Then 2 R = sin θ c ⟹ R = sin θ x . By Pythagorean theorem :
y 2 = R 2 − x 2 = sin 2 θ x 2 − x 2 = x 2 cot 2 θ ⟹ y = sin θ x cos θ
Since 2 R = sin B b , R is minimum, when B = 9 0 ∘ (see Dynamic Geometry: P43 ). Then θ = cos − 1 1 5 8 . Since the area of △ A B C is given by A △ = 2 a b sin θ , A △ is maximum, when θ = 2 π (see Dynamic Geometry: P42 ). The area bounded by the blue locus of O , the cyan line and orange line is:
A = ∫ x a x b y d x = ∫ x a x b sin θ x cos θ d x = ∫ cos − 1 1 8 5 2 π 2 1 2 8 9 − 2 4 0 cos θ ⋅ sin θ cos θ ⋅ 4 2 8 9 − 2 4 0 cos θ 2 4 0 sin θ d θ = ∫ cos − 1 1 8 5 2 π 3 0 cos θ d θ = 3 0 sin θ ∣ ∣ ∣ ∣ cos − 1 1 5 8 2 π = 3 0 − 3 0 ⋅ 1 5 1 6 1 = 3 0 − 2 1 6 1
Therefore the required answer is 3 0 + 2 + 1 6 1 = 1 9 3 .