There is a square . Side is extended to , such that is equal to the length of diagonal of square . Similarly, side is extended to . The line segment joining and and line segment joining and intersects at inside the square . Line segment intersects at . Find
If where are integers and is square free. Submit .
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In △ A 1 B C and △ D 1 A B we have,
A 1 B = D 1 A ∠ A 1 B C = ∠ D 1 A B B C = A B
So, △ A 1 B C ≅ D 1 A B
Let ∠ C A 1 B = ∠ A D 1 B = α
Then we have
∠ D 2 B C = ∠ A D 1 B = α [ Vertically opposite angles ]
Also, ∠ A 1 C B = 9 0 ° − ∠ C A 1 B = 9 0 ° − α
So we get, ∠ B G C = 9 0 ° . So △ B G C is right angled triangle.
We have,
A 2 C A 1 A 2 = A B A 1 A = 1 2 − 1
⇒ A 1 A 2 = ( 2 − 1 ) A 2 C
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
Let the side of square A B C D be a . Then A 1 B = 2 a ⇒ A 1 C = 3 a . Now using the above equation we get,
A 2 C = 2 3 a ⋯ Eq. 2
We have △ A 1 B C ∼ △ B G C , so
B C G C = A 1 C B C = 3 a a
⇒ G C = 3 1 a
Using Eq. 2 and the above equation we get
A 2 G = A 2 C − G C ⇒ A 2 G = 2 3 a − 3 1 a ⇒ A 2 G = 6 3 − 2 a
So,
G C A 2 G = 3 1 a 6 3 − 2 a = 2 3 − 2 = 2 3 − 1
So, a = 3 , b = 2 , c = 1
Hence, a − b − c = 3 − 2 − 1 = 0