Intersection in the square

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There is a square A B C D ABCD . Side B A BA is extended to B A 1 BA_1 , such that B A 1 BA_1 is equal to the length of diagonal of square A B C D ABCD . Similarly, side A D AD is extended to A D 1 AD_1 . The line segment joining A 1 A_1 and C C and line segment joining D 1 D_1 and B B intersects at G G inside the square A B C D ABCD . Line segment A 1 C A_1C intersects A D AD at A 2 A_2 . Find A 2 G G C \Large\frac{A_2G}{GC}

If A 2 G G C = a b c \displaystyle\frac{A_2G}{GC}= \frac{a}{\sqrt{b}}-c where a , b , c a\,,\,b\,,\,c are integers and b b is square free. Submit a b c a-b-c .


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In A 1 B C \triangle A_1BC and D 1 A B \triangle D_1AB we have,

A 1 B = D 1 A A 1 B C = D 1 A B B C = A B A_1B = D_1A \newline \angle A_1BC = \angle D_1AB \newline BC = AB

So, A 1 B C D 1 A B \triangle A_1BC \cong D_1AB

Let C A 1 B = A D 1 B = α \angle CA_1B = \angle AD_1B = \alpha

Then we have

D 2 B C = A D 1 B = α [ \angle D_2BC = \angle AD_1B = \alpha\hspace{20pt} [ Vertically opposite angles ] ]

Also, A 1 C B = 90 ° C A 1 B = 90 ° α \angle A_1CB = 90\degree - \angle CA_1B = 90\degree - \alpha

So we get, B G C = 90 ° \angle BGC = 90\degree . So B G C \triangle BGC is right angled triangle.

We have,

A 1 A 2 A 2 C = A 1 A A B = 2 1 1 \displaystyle\frac{A_1A_2}{A_2C} = \frac{A_1A}{AB} = \frac{\sqrt{2}-1}{1}

A 1 A 2 = ( 2 1 ) A 2 C \displaystyle \Rightarrow A_1A_2 = (\sqrt{2} - 1)A_2C

Now A 1 C = A 1 A 2 + A 2 C = ( 2 1 ) A 2 C + A 2 C = 2 A 2 C Eq. 1 A_1C = A_1A_2 + A_2C = (\sqrt{2}-1)A_2C + A_2C = \sqrt{2}A_2C\hspace{20pt}\cdots\text{Eq. 1}

Let the side of square A B C D ABCD be a a . Then A 1 B = 2 a A 1 C = 3 a A_1B = \sqrt{2}a \Rightarrow A_1C = \sqrt{3}a . Now using the above equation we get,

A 2 C = 3 2 a Eq. 2 \displaystyle A_2C = \frac{\sqrt{3}}{\sqrt{2}}a\hspace{20pt}\cdots\text{Eq. 2}

We have A 1 B C B G C \triangle A_1BC \sim \triangle BGC , so

G C B C = B C A 1 C = a 3 a \displaystyle\frac{GC}{BC} = \frac{BC}{A_1C} = \frac{a}{\sqrt{3}a}

G C = 1 3 a \displaystyle\Rightarrow GC = \frac{1}{\sqrt{3}}a

Using Eq. 2 and the above equation we get

A 2 G = A 2 C G C A 2 G = 3 2 a 1 3 a A 2 G = 3 2 6 a \displaystyle A_2G = A_2C - GC\newline \Rightarrow A_2G = \frac{\sqrt{3}}{\sqrt{2}}a - \frac{1}{\sqrt{3}}a\newline \Rightarrow A_2G = \frac{3-\sqrt{2}}{\sqrt{6}}a

So,

A 2 G G C = 3 2 6 a 1 3 a = 3 2 2 = 3 2 1 \displaystyle \frac{A_2G}{GC} = \frac{\frac{3-\sqrt{2}}{\sqrt{6}}a}{\frac{1}{\sqrt{3}}a} = \frac{3 - \sqrt{2}}{\sqrt{2}} = \frac{3}{\sqrt{2}} - 1

So, a = 3 , b = 2 , c = 1 a = 3\,,\,b = 2\,,\,c = 1

Hence, a b c = 3 2 1 = 0 a - b - c = 3 - 2 - 1 = \boxed{0}

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