Dynamic Geometry: P61

Geometry Level 4

The diagram shows a black semicircle. A red point is moving freely on its diameter, creating two semicircles, cyan and green. The purple and orange circles have the same x x coordinate as the cyan and green circles respectively. The purple and orange circles are internally tangent to the black semicircle and tangent to the cyan and green circle respectively. When the ratio of the purple circle's radius to the radius of the orange circle is equal to 11 13 \dfrac{11}{13} , the ratio of the cyan circle's radius to the radius of the green circle can be expressed as p q \dfrac{p}{q} , where p p and q q are coprime positive integers. Find p + q p+q .


The answer is 8.

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Chew-Seong Cheong
Mar 10, 2021

Let the center of the big semicircle be O O , the radii or the cyan and green semicircle, purple and orange circles be r 0 r_0 , r 1 r_1 , r 2 r_2 , and r 3 r_3 respectively. Note that 2 r 0 + 2 r 1 = 2 r 0 + r 1 = 1 2r_0 + 2r_1 = 2 \implies r_0 + r_1 = 1 .

By Pythagorean theorem , we have:

( r 0 + r 2 ) 2 + ( 1 r 0 ) 2 = ( 1 r 2 ) 2 r 0 2 + 2 r 0 r 2 + r 2 2 + 1 2 r 0 + r 0 2 = 1 2 r 2 + r 2 2 2 r 0 2 + 2 r 0 r 2 2 r 0 = 2 r 2 r 2 = r 0 ( 1 r 0 ) 1 + r 0 Similarly, r 3 = r 1 ( 1 r 1 ) 1 + r 1 r 2 r 3 = 11 13 r 0 ( 1 r 0 ) 1 + r 0 r 1 ( 1 r 1 ) 1 + r 1 = 11 13 13 r 0 ( 1 r 0 ) 1 + r 0 = 11 r 1 ( 1 r 1 ) 1 + r 1 Note that 1 = r 0 + r 1 13 r 0 r 1 2 r 0 + r 1 = 11 r 1 r 0 r 0 + 2 r 1 13 2 r 0 + r 1 = 11 r 0 + 2 r 1 13 r 0 + 26 r 1 = 22 r 0 + 11 r 1 15 r 1 = 9 r 0 r 0 r 1 = 5 3 \begin{aligned} (r_0+r_2)^2 + (1-r_0)^2 & = (1-r_2)^2 \\ r_0^2 + 2r_0r_2 + r_2^2 + 1 - 2r_0 + r_0^2 & = 1 - 2r_2 + r_2^2 \\ 2r_0^2 + 2r_0r_2 - 2r_0 & = - 2r_2 \\ \implies r_2 & = \frac {r_0(1-r_0)}{1+r_0} & \small \blue{\text{Similarly,}} \\ r_3 & = \frac {r_1(1-r_1)}{1+r_1} \\ \therefore \frac {r_2}{r_3} & = \frac {11}{13} \\ \implies \frac {\frac {r_0(1-r_0)}{1+r_0}}{\frac {r_1(1-r_1)}{1+r_1}} & = \frac {11}{13} \\ 13 \cdot \frac {r_0(\blue 1-r_0)}{\blue 1+r_0} & = 11 \cdot \frac {r_1(\blue 1-r_1)}{\blue 1+r_1} & \small \blue{\text{Note that }1 = r_0+r_1} \\ 13 \cdot \frac {r_0r_1}{2r_0 + r_1} & = 11 \cdot \frac {r_1r_0}{r_0+2r_1} \\ \frac {13}{2r_0 + r_1} & = \frac {11}{r_0+2r_1} \\ 13r_0 + 26r_1 & = 22r_0 + 11r_1 \\ 15r_1 & = 9r_0 \\ \implies \frac {r_0}{r_1} & = \frac 53 \end{aligned}

Therefore p + q = 5 + 3 = 8 p+q = 5+3 = \boxed 8 .

David Vreken
Mar 9, 2021

Let the black semicircle have a radius of 1 1 , let the r p r_p be the radius of the purple circle, r o r_o be the radius of the orange circle, r c r_c be the radius of the cyan semicircle, and r g r_g be the radius of the green semicircle, and label the diagram as follows:

From segment A D AD , 2 r c + 2 r g = 2 2r_c + 2r_g = 2 , or r c + r g = 1 r_c + r_g = 1 .

From the given ratio of the purple and orange circle radii, r p r o = 11 13 \cfrac{r_p}{r_o} = \cfrac{11}{13} .

By the Pythagorean Theorem on O B F \triangle OBF , ( 1 r c ) 2 + ( r p + r c ) 2 = ( 1 r p ) 2 (1 - r_c)^2 + (r_p + r_c)^2 = (1 - r_p)^2 .

And by the Pythagorean Theorem on O C G \triangle OCG , ( 1 r g ) 2 + ( r g + r o ) 2 = ( 1 r o ) 2 (1 - r_g)^2 + (r_g + r_o)^2 = (1 - r_o)^2 .

These four equations can be solved to r c = 5 8 r_c = \cfrac{5}{8} , r g = 3 8 r_g = \cfrac{3}{8} , r p = 15 104 r_p = \cfrac{15}{104} , and r o = 15 88 r_o = \cfrac{15}{88} .

Therefore, the ratio of the cyan and green circle radii is r c r g = 5 8 3 8 = 5 3 \cfrac{r_c}{r_g} = \cfrac{\frac{5}{8}}{\frac{3}{8}} = \cfrac{5}{3} , so p = 5 p = 5 , q = 3 q = 3 , and p + q = 8 p + q = \boxed{8} .

Thank you for posting !

Valentin Duringer - 3 months ago

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