Find The Angle

Geometry Level 5

Let A B C \triangle ABC be a triangle with side lengths B C = 10 , C A = 12 , A B = 8. BC=10, CA= 12, AB= 8. Let M M be the midpoint of B C , BC, and let D , E D,E be the feet of perpendiculars from B , C B,C to C A , A B CA, AB respectively. P , Q P, Q are the midpoints of M D MD and M E ME respectively. Let \ell be the line passing through A A parallel to B C . BC. Q P QP intersects \ell at point X . X. Given that cos C M X = x y \cos \angle CMX = \dfrac{x}{y} for some coprime positive integers x , y , x,y, find x + y 31. x+y-31.

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The answer is 95.

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Note that B C D E BCDE is a cyclic quadrilateral centered at M , M, so M B = M C = M D = M E . MB=MC=MD=ME. Let H H be the orthocenter of A B C . \triangle ABC. Then, A E H D AEHD is a cyclic quadrilateral centered at the midpoint of A H . AH. Now, M D H = M D B = D B M = 9 0 B C A = A H D , \angle MDH = \angle MDB = \angle DBM = 90^{\circ} - \angle BCA = \angle AHD, so M E ME is tangent to the circumcircle of A H D , \triangle AHD, which is also the circumcircle of A D E . \triangle ADE. Similarly M D MD is also tangent to the circumcircle of A E D \triangle AED (which shall be denoted as ( A E D ) (AED) throughout the rest of the solution).

We shall consider M M as a degenerate circle with radius zero. Any line passing through M M can be considered tangent to M . M. Since Q E = E M QE=EM and P D = P M , PD=PM, Q , P Q,P both lie on the radical axis of M M and ( A E D ) , (AED), which implies P Q PQ is the radical axis of M M and ( A E D ) . (AED).

Now, note that X A C = A C B = 18 0 D E B = A E D , \angle XAC = \angle ACB = 180^{\circ} - \angle DEB = \angle AED, so X A XA is tangent to ( A E D ) . (AED). Since X X lies on the radical axis of M M and ( A E D ) , (AED), X A = X M , XA=XM, so X A M = X M A . \angle XAM = \angle XMA.

Then, X M A = X A C + M A C = A C M + M A C = 18 0 A M C = B M A , \angle XMA = \angle XAC + \angle MAC = \angle ACM + \angle MAC = 180^{\circ} - \angle AMC = \angle BMA, and C M X = 18 0 B M X = 18 0 2 B M A . \angle CMX = 180^{\circ} - \angle BMX = 180^{\circ} - 2 \angle BMA.

By Appolonius theorem on A B C \triangle ABC and median A M , AM, ,
2 ( A M 2 + 5 2 ) = 1 2 2 + 8 2 A M = 79 . 2(AM^2 + 5^2) = 12^2 + 8^2 \implies AM = \sqrt{79}. Then, by law of cosines in A B M , \triangle ABM, cos B M A = 79 + 5 2 8 2 2 5 79 = 4 79 . \cos \angle BMA = \dfrac{79 + 5^2 - 8^2 }{2 \cdot 5 \cdot \sqrt{79}} = \dfrac{4}{\sqrt {79}}. Finally, cos C M X = cos B M A = ( 2 cos 2 B M A 1 ) = 47 79 . \cos \angle CMX = - \cos \angle BMA = - (2 \cos ^2 \angle BMA - 1) = \dfrac{47}{79}. Hence, x = 47 , y = 79 , x=47, y= 79, and x + y 31 = 95 . x+y-31= \boxed{95}.

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