A regular hexagon A B C D E F is centered at the origin and has vertex A lying on the positive x -axis, and the labelling is counter clockwise. A point Q = ( Q x , Q y ) lies inside the hexagon, such that [ Q A B ] = 1 0 , [ Q C D ] = 1 7 , and [ Q E F ] = 5 . If R is the circumradius of the hexagon (which is also equal to the side length), then find ⌊ 1 0 0 0 ( R + Q x + Q y ) ⌋ .
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Frankly, I suspect, the two sums of areas of alternate internal triangles of a regular polygon of even number of sides are equal. The proof for hexagon is given below. Therefore 1 0 + 1 7 + 5 = 3 2 is half the area of the regular hexagon. Then the area of the regular hexagon is 6 4 and the area of one of the six central equilateral triangle is 6 6 4 and 4 3 R 2 = 6 6 4 ⟹ R = 3 8 2 3 ≈ 4 . 9 6 3 2 2 5 9 1 5 .
Consider △ Q E F , let its height be h , then [ Q E F ] = 2 1 h E F = 5 . Since E F = R , ⟹ h = R 1 0 . Therefore, Q y = − 2 3 R + h = − 2 3 R + R 1 0 ≈ − 2 . 2 8 3 4 6 1 1 0 5 .
Consider △ Q A B , we can find its area using the coordinates of its vertices as follows:
2 ( Q x − A x ) ( Q y + A y ) + 2 ( A x − B x ) ( A y + B y ) + 2 ( B x − Q x ) ( B y + Q y ) ( O x − R ) ( O y + 0 ) + ( R − 2 R ) ( 0 + 2 3 R ) + ( 2 R − Q x ) ( 2 3 R + Q y ) 2 3 R 2 − 2 3 R Q x − 2 1 R Q y R − Q x − 3 Q y ⟹ Q x = [ Q A B ] = 1 0 = 2 0 = 2 0 = 3 R 4 0 = 2 3 R − 3 R 5 0 ≈ 1 . 6 2 8 5 5 8 5 0 3
Therefore, ⌊ 1 0 0 0 ( R + Q x + Q y ) ⌋ = 4 3 0 8 .
Proof: Using coordinates of vertices to find the area of triangle:
⎩ ⎪ ⎨ ⎪ ⎧ [ Q A B ] = 4 3 R 2 − 4 1 R Q y − 4 3 R Q x [ Q C D ] = 4 3 R 2 − 4 1 R Q y + 4 3 R Q x [ Q E F ] = 4 3 R 2 + 2 1 R Q y
⟹ [ Q A B ] + [ Q C D ] + [ Q E F ] = 4 3 3 R 2 = 2 1 [ A B C D E F ] .
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Extend sides A B , C D , and E F to make equilateral △ M N P , as shown below:
△ M N P is made up of 9 equilateral triangles, 6 of which make up hexagon A B C D E F . Therefore, A △ M N P = 2 3 A A B C D E F .
△ M N P is also made up of triangles △ M Q N , △ M Q P , and △ N Q P , so A △ M N P = A △ M Q N + A △ M Q P + A △ N Q P .
△ A Q B has the same height but a base that is 3 1 that of △ N Q P , so A △ A Q B = 3 1 A △ N Q P . Likewise, A △ C Q D = 3 1 A △ M Q P and A △ E Q F = 3 1 A △ M Q N .
Therefore, A △ A Q B + A △ C Q D + A △ E Q F = 3 1 ( A △ N Q P + A △ M Q P + A △ M Q N ) = 3 1 ( A △ M N P ) = 3 1 ( 2 3 A A B C D E F ) = 2 1 A A B C D E F .
In the problem, A △ A Q B = 1 0 , A △ C Q D = 1 7 , A △ E Q F = 5 , and A A B C D E F = 2 3 3 R 2 , so 1 0 + 1 7 + 5 = 2 1 ⋅ 2 3 3 R 2 which solves to R = 3 8 4 1 2 .
△ E Q F has an area of A △ E Q F = 5 , a base of b △ E Q F = R , and a height of h △ E Q F = Q y + 2 3 R , and using A = 2 1 b h and R = 3 8 4 1 2 this solves to Q y = − 2 4 1 7 4 1 0 8 .
△ A Q B has an area of A △ A Q B = 1 0 , a base of b △ A Q B = R , and using A = 2 1 b h it has a height of h △ A Q B = R 2 0 . As a side of an equilateral triangle with a length of 3 R on centered at the origin, N P has a slope of m = tan 1 2 0 ° = − 3 and a y -intercept of 3 2 ⋅ 2 3 3 R = 3 R , for an equation of y = − 3 x + 3 R . A line parallel to it with Q on it will have the same slope as N P but be R 2 0 away on its perpendicular, which is R 4 0 less than the N P 's y -intercept of 3 R . Therefore, Q is on the line y = − 3 x + 3 R − R 4 0 . Since Q y = − 2 4 1 7 4 1 0 8 and R = 3 8 4 1 2 , Q x solves to Q x = 8 7 4 1 2 .
Therefore, ⌊ 1 0 0 0 ( R + Q x + Q y ) ⌋ = ⌊ 1 0 0 0 ( 3 8 4 1 2 + 8 7 4 1 2 + − 2 4 1 7 4 1 0 8 ) ⌋ = 4 3 0 8 .