Find the sum of the five diagonals of a cyclic pentagon with circumradius 85 and lengths 72, 80, 26, 154, and 136. Let this be , where and are coprime positive integers. Find .
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Let R= Circumradius=85. S= a side. 2 p=vertex angle of an isosceles triangle.
The pentagon is divided into FIVE isosceles triangles with common vertex and R as equal sides and S as base.
Each pair of the above two adjoining triangles, form a quadrilateral with diagonal joining the start of one base and the end of other.
D = Diagonal is the base of an isosceles triangle with R as equal sides and, sum of adjoining pair of vertex angles, as its vertex angle.
For the five triangles, p = 2 ∗ R S .
For the quadrilateral the said diagonal also becomes the diagonal of the pentagon, and D = 2 ∗ R ∗ S i n { p n + p n + 1 } .
In terms of +tive integers, Sum of five D=2R {Sin(sum of pairs of adjoining verices)}= 1 7 0 2 2 ∗ 8 5 ∗ ( 1 2 1 9 9 2 ) = 5 3 5 8 8 .
So a+b=3588 + 5 = 3593.
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