A hexagon inscribed in a circle has three consecutive sides each of length and another consecutive sides each of length 5. The chord that divides the hexagon into two isosceles trapezoids has length equal to . Where and are relatively prime positive integers. Find .
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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 and A B = B C = C D = 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 , let ∠ A O B = 2 α and ∠ A O F = 2 β .
Now by symmetry 2 α + 2 β = 3 2 π . By the Cosine Law we then have that
( B F ) 2 = 3 2 + 5 2 − 2 ∗ 3 ∗ 5 ∗ cos ( 3 2 π ) ⟹ B F = 7 .
Next, note that ∠ A F B = 2 1 ∠ A O B = α and ∠ A B F = 2 1 ∠ A O F = β . So, using the Sine Law on Δ A B F we find that sin ( α ) = 1 4 3 3 and sin ( β ) = 1 4 5 3 .
Now, we see that ∠ A F D = 2 1 ∠ A O D = 3 α and ∠ A D F = 2 1 ∠ A O F = β . So using the Sine Law on Δ A D F we have that
5 s i n ( β ) = A D sin ( 3 α ) ⟹ A D = sin ( β ) 5 sin ( 3 α ) .
Now sin ( 3 α ) = 3 sin ( α ) − 4 sin 3 ( α ) = 3 4 3 1 8 0 3 ,
and so A D = 1 4 5 3 3 4 3 5 ∗ 1 8 0 3 = 4 9 3 6 0 .
Thus m + n = 3 6 0 + 4 9 = 4 0 9 .