Inscribed Hexagon

Geometry Level 5

A hexagon inscribed in a circle has three consecutive sides each of length 3 3 and another 3 3 consecutive sides each of length 5. The chord that divides the hexagon into two isosceles trapezoids has length equal to m n \dfrac{m}{n} . Where m m and n n are relatively prime positive integers. Find m + n m+n .

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The answer is 409.

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Please refer to the diagram in this posting . The only difference for this question is that A F = F E = E D = 5 AF = FE = ED = 5 and A B = B C = C D = 3 AB = BC = CD = 3 . I provided a solution Guiseppi's question already, so I will adapt that solution to the parameters given in this question.

Referring to the diagram, and letting the center be O O , let A O B = 2 α \angle AOB = 2\alpha and A O F = 2 β \angle AOF = 2\beta .

Now by symmetry 2 α + 2 β = 2 π 3 2\alpha + 2\beta = \frac{2\pi}{3} . By the Cosine Law we then have that

( B F ) 2 = 3 2 + 5 2 2 3 5 cos ( 2 π 3 ) B F = 7 (BF)^{2} = 3^{2} + 5^{2} - 2*3*5*\cos(\frac{2\pi}{3}) \Longrightarrow BF = 7 .

Next, note that A F B = 1 2 A O B = α \angle AFB = \frac{1}{2} \angle AOB = \alpha and A B F = 1 2 A O F = β \angle ABF = \frac{1}{2} \angle AOF = \beta . So, using the Sine Law on Δ A B F \Delta ABF we find that sin ( α ) = 3 3 14 \sin(\alpha) = \frac{3\sqrt{3}}{14} and sin ( β ) = 5 3 14 \sin(\beta) = \frac{5\sqrt{3}}{14} .

Now, we see that A F D = 1 2 A O D = 3 α \angle AFD = \frac{1}{2} \angle AOD = 3\alpha and A D F = 1 2 A O F = β \angle ADF = \frac{1}{2} \angle AOF = \beta . So using the Sine Law on Δ A D F \Delta ADF we have that

s i n ( β ) 5 = sin ( 3 α ) A D A D = 5 sin ( 3 α ) sin ( β ) \frac{sin(\beta)}{5} = \frac{\sin(3\alpha)}{AD} \Longrightarrow AD = \frac{5\sin(3\alpha)}{\sin(\beta)} .

Now sin ( 3 α ) = 3 sin ( α ) 4 sin 3 ( α ) = 180 3 343 \sin(3\alpha) = 3\sin(\alpha) - 4\sin^{3}(\alpha) = \frac{180\sqrt{3}}{343} ,

and so A D = 5 180 3 343 5 3 14 = 360 49 AD = \dfrac{\frac{5*180\sqrt{3}}{343}}{\frac{5\sqrt{3}}{14}} = \dfrac{360}{49} .

Thus m + n = 360 + 49 = 409 m + n = 360 + 49 = \boxed{409} .

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