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Geometry Level 4

The median drawn to the hypotenuse of a right triangle divides the right angle in the ratio 1 : 2 1:2 and it is equal to 2015 2015 . Find the perimeter of the triangle.

If your answer comes as a + b c a+b\sqrt{c} then submit it as a + b + c a+b+c .


The answer is 8063.

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1 solution

Shourya Pandey
Apr 17, 2016

Let A B C ABC be the triangle, right angled at B B . Let B D BD be the median from B B . Since B D BD divides angle B B in the ratio 1 : 2 1:2 , we take A B D = 6 0 , C B D = 3 0 \angle ABD = 60^\circ , \angle CBD = 30^\circ , WLOG.

Since B = 9 0 \angle B = 90^\circ , D D is the circumcentre of triangle A B C ABC , so D B = D A = D C = 2015 DB=DA=DC = 2015 , so that hypotenuse, h = B C = 4030 h = BC = 4030 . Also, D B = D A DB= DA gives B A C = B A D = A B D = 6 0 \angle BAC = \angle BAD = \angle ABD = 60^\circ , so our triangle is a 3 0 6 0 9 0 30^\circ-60^\circ-90^\circ triangle.

Therefore perimeter , P = h + 3 h 2 + h 2 = 4030 + 2015 3 + 2015 = 6045 + 2015 3 P = h + \frac {\sqrt {3} h }{2} + \frac {h}{2} = 4030 + 2015\sqrt3 + 2015 = 6045 +2015\sqrt 3 . Therefore a + b + c = 8063 a+b+c =8063 .

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