Let be a triangle with side lengths Let be the midpoint of and let be the feet of perpendiculars from to respectively. are the midpoints of and respectively. Let be the line passing through parallel to intersects at point Given that for some coprime positive integers find
Details and assumptions
This section requires Javascript.
You are seeing this because something didn't load right. We suggest you, (a) try
refreshing the page, (b) enabling javascript if it is disabled on your browser and,
finally, (c)
loading the
non-javascript version of this page
. We're sorry about the hassle.
Note that B C D E is a cyclic quadrilateral centered at M , so M B = M C = M D = M E . Let H be the orthocenter of △ A B C . Then, A E H D is a cyclic quadrilateral centered at the midpoint of A H . Now, ∠ M D H = ∠ M D B = ∠ D B M = 9 0 ∘ − ∠ B C A = ∠ A H D , so M E is tangent to the circumcircle of △ A H D , which is also the circumcircle of △ A D E . Similarly M D is also tangent to the circumcircle of △ A E D (which shall be denoted as ( A E D ) throughout the rest of the solution).
We shall consider M as a degenerate circle with radius zero. Any line passing through M can be considered tangent to M . Since Q E = E M and P D = P M , Q , P both lie on the radical axis of M and ( A E D ) , which implies P Q is the radical axis of M and ( A E D ) .
Now, note that ∠ X A C = ∠ A C B = 1 8 0 ∘ − ∠ D E B = ∠ A E D , so X A is tangent to ( A E D ) . Since X lies on the radical axis of M and ( A E D ) , X A = X M , so ∠ X A M = ∠ X M A .
Then, ∠ X M A = ∠ X A C + ∠ M A C = ∠ A C M + ∠ M A C = 1 8 0 ∘ − ∠ A M C = ∠ B M A , and ∠ C M X = 1 8 0 ∘ − ∠ B M X = 1 8 0 ∘ − 2 ∠ B M A .
By Appolonius theorem on △ A B C and median A M , ,
2 ( A M 2 + 5 2 ) = 1 2 2 + 8 2 ⟹ A M = 7 9 . Then, by law of cosines in △ A B M , cos ∠ B M A = 2 ⋅ 5 ⋅ 7 9 7 9 + 5 2 − 8 2 = 7 9 4 . Finally, cos ∠ C M X = − cos ∠ B M A = − ( 2 cos 2 ∠ B M A − 1 ) = 7 9 4 7 . Hence, x = 4 7 , y = 7 9 , and x + y − 3 1 = 9 5 .