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In equilateral A B C \triangle ABC above, extend the diagram to an infinite number of inscribed circles and let A T A_{T} be the sum of the areas of all the circles.

if A T = 96 11 π A_{T} = \dfrac{96}{11}\pi and the length a a of a side of the above equilateral triangle can be expressed as a = α β a = \dfrac{\alpha}{\beta} , where α \alpha and β \beta are coprime positive integers, find α + β \alpha + \beta .


The answer is 107.

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Rocco Dalto
Dec 19, 2019

For vertical stack:

Let H 1 = 3 2 a H_{1} = \dfrac{\sqrt{3}}{2}a be the height of equilateral A B C \triangle{ABC} .

2 h 1 a = tan ( 3 0 ) = 1 3 h 1 = a 2 3 \dfrac{2h_{1}}{a} = \tan(30^\circ) = \dfrac{1}{\sqrt{3}} \implies h_{1} = \dfrac{a}{2\sqrt{3}} and H 2 = H 1 2 h 1 = a 2 3 H_{2} = H_{1} - 2h_{1} = \dfrac{a}{2\sqrt{3}} and

H 1 H 2 = 3 H 2 = H 1 3 h 2 = 1 3 h 1 , \dfrac{H_{1}}{H_{2}} = 3 \implies H_{2} = \dfrac{H_{1}}{3} \implies h_{2} = \dfrac{1}{3}h_{1}, h 3 = 1 3 h 2 = 1 3 2 h 1 h_{3} = \dfrac{1}{3}h_{2} = \dfrac{1}{3^2}h_{1} and in general

h n = ( 1 3 ) n 1 h 1 A v ( n ) = π h 1 2 ( 1 9 ) n 1 h_{n} = (\dfrac{1}{3})^{n - 1}h_{1} \implies A_{v}(n) = \pi h_{1}^2(\dfrac{1}{9})^{n - 1} \implies

A v = π h 1 2 n = 1 ( 1 9 ) n 1 = π h 1 2 ( 9 8 ) = A_{v} = \pi h_{1}^2\sum_{n = 1}^{\infty} (\dfrac{1}{9})^{n - 1} = \pi h_{1}^2(\dfrac{9}{8}) = π ( a 2 3 ) 2 ( 9 8 ) = 3 a 2 π 32 \pi(\dfrac{a}{2\sqrt{3}})^2(\dfrac{9}{8}) = \dfrac{3a^2\pi}{32} .

For other two stacks let A d = A v A ( 1 ) = 3 a 2 π 32 a 2 12 π = A_{d} = A_{v} - A(1) = \dfrac{3a^2\pi}{32} - \dfrac{a^2}{12}\pi = a 2 π 96 2 A d = a 2 π 48 \dfrac{a^2\pi}{96} \implies 2A_{d} = \dfrac{a^2\pi}{48}

A T = A v + 2 A d = 11 96 π a 2 = 96 11 π a = 96 11 = α β α + β = 107 \implies A_{T} = A_{v} + 2A_{d} = \dfrac{11}{96}\pi a^2 = \dfrac{96}{11}\pi \implies a = \dfrac{96}{11} = \dfrac{\alpha}{\beta} \implies \alpha + \beta =\boxed{107} .

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