Inscribed Circles in a Unit Hexagon!

Geometry Level 3

The unit hexagon above contains two blue congruent circles and a larger red circle.

If the total area A T A_{T} of all three circles can be expressed as A T = a ( b c d ) e π A_{T} = \dfrac{a(b - c\sqrt{d})}{e} \pi , where a , b , c , d a,b,c,d and e e are coprime positive integers, find a + b + c + d + e a + b + c + d + e .


The answer is 469.

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1 solution

Rocco Dalto
May 3, 2021

Right B O A \triangle{BOA} with m O B A = 6 0 1 2 r 2 = O A 2 O A = 1 2 r m\angle{OBA} = 60^{\circ} \implies \dfrac{1 - 2r}{2} = \dfrac{\overline{OA}}{2} \implies \overline{OA} = 1 - 2r

and r = 3 2 O A O A = 2 r 3 2 r 3 = 1 2 r r = 3 3 4 r = \dfrac{\sqrt{3}}{2}\overline{OA} \implies \overline{OA} = \dfrac{2r}{\sqrt{3}} \implies \dfrac{2r}{\sqrt{3}} = 1 - 2r \implies \boxed{r = \dfrac{3 - \sqrt{3}}{4}}

r + R = 4 R + 3 3 4 \implies r + R = \dfrac{4R + 3 - \sqrt{3}}{4} and 3 ( R + r ) = ( 5 3 3 ) 4 R 4 \sqrt{3} - (R + r) = \dfrac{(5\sqrt{3} - 3) - 4R}{4}

Right O O E ( 3 3 ) 2 16 + ( ( 5 3 3 ) 4 R ) 2 16 = ( 4 R + ( 3 3 ) ) 2 16 \triangle{OO'E} \implies \dfrac{(3 - \sqrt{3})^2}{16} + \dfrac{((5\sqrt{3} - 3) - 4R)^2}{16} = \dfrac{(4R + (3 - \sqrt{3}))^2}{16} \implies

32 3 R = 2 ( 42 15 3 ) R = 14 3 15 16 32\sqrt{3}R = 2(42 - 15\sqrt{3}) \implies \boxed{R = \dfrac{14\sqrt{3} - 15}{16}}

A R = 813 420 3 256 π \implies A_{R} = \dfrac{813 - 420\sqrt{3}}{256}\pi and A r = 12 6 3 16 π A_{r} = \dfrac{12 - 6\sqrt{3}}{16}\pi \implies

A T = A R + 2 A r = 9 ( 133 68 3 ) 256 π = a ( b c d ) e π a + b + c + e = 469 A_{T} = A_{R} + 2A_{r} = \dfrac{9(133 - 68\sqrt{3})}{256}\pi = \dfrac{a(b - c\sqrt{d})}{e} \pi \implies a + b + c + e = \boxed{469} .

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