Find area of triangle

Geometry Level 5

Triangle A B C ABC has an inradius of 5 5 and a circumradius of 16 16 .

If 2 cos B = cos A + cos C 2\cos B = \cos A + \cos C , then the area of triangle A B C ABC can be expressed as x y z \dfrac{x\sqrt{y}}{z} , where x , y x, y and z z are positive integers such that x x and z z are relatively prime and y y is not divisible by the square of any prime.

Find x + y + z x+y+z .


The answer is 141.

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1 solution

Ajit Athle
Oct 11, 2018

We note that: 1 + r R \frac{r}{R} = cos(A) + cos(B) + cos(C) or 1 + 5 16 \frac{5}{16} =3cos(B). In other words, cos(B) = 7 16 \frac{7}{16} , which in turn implies that sin(B) = 3 23 16 \frac{3√23}{16} . Now, a=b cos(C) + c cos(B) and c=a cos(B) + b cos(A) whence (a+c)=b(cos(A)+cos(C))+(a+c) cos(B)=2bcos(B+(a+c) cos(B)=(a+2b+c)cos(B)=(a+2b+c) 7 16 \frac{7}{16} Hence, a+c = 14 b 9 \frac{14b}{9} and further,s = a + b + c 2 \frac{a+b+c}{2} = 23 b 18 \frac{23b}{18} . Now, 16 = a b c 4 r s \frac{abc}{4rs} . Substitute, the values of r & s in this formula to obtain, ac= 3680 9 \frac{3680}{9} . We can now claim that: A = ac s i n ( B ) 2 \frac{sin(B)}{2} = 115 23 3 \frac{115√23}{3} using the value of sin(B) obtained earlier.

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