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Geometry Level 5

In figure below,

A B C D ABCD is a convex quadrilateral with D A B = B D C = 90 o \angle DAB = \angle BDC = { 90 }^{ o } . Let the incircles of triangles A B D ABD and B C D BCD touch B D BD at P P and Q Q . If A D = 999 AD = 999 and P Q = 200 PQ = 200 , find the sum of the inradii of two in-circles.


The answer is 799.

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2 solutions

Mark Hennings
Jan 29, 2016

If the right-angled triangle A B D ABD has sides A B = x AB = x , A D = y = 999 AD = y = 999 and B D = x 2 + y 2 BD = \sqrt{x^2 + y^2} , then A B D ABD has semiperimeter s = 1 2 ( x + y + x 2 + y 2 ) s = \tfrac12\big(x + y + \sqrt{x^2+y^2}\big) . The inradius r r of this triangle is the distance from A A to the point of tangency of the incircle with A D AD (or with A B AB ), and this is equal to r = s B D = 1 2 ( x + y x 2 + y 2 ) . r \; = \; s - BD \; = \; \tfrac12\big(x + y - \sqrt{x^2+y^2}\big) \;. But then the distance D P DP from D D to P P , the point of tangency of the incircle with B D BD , is D P = s x = 1 2 ( y x + x 2 + y 2 ) = y r . DP \; = \; s - x \; = \; \tfrac12\big(y - x + \sqrt{x^2+y^2}\big) \; = \; y - r \;. On the other hand D Q DQ , the distance from D D to the point of tangency of the incircle of B D C BDC with B D BD , is equal to the inradius R R of the triangle B D C BDC . Thus P Q = D P D Q = y r R PQ \; = \; DP - DQ \; = \; y - r - R and hence r + R = y P Q = A D P Q = 799 r + R \,=\, y - PQ \,=\, AD - PQ \,=\, \boxed{799} .

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