In equilateral above, extend the diagram to an infinite number of inscribed circles and let be the sum of the areas of all the circles.
if and the length of a side of the above equilateral triangle can be expressed as , where and are coprime positive integers, find .
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For vertical stack:
Let H 1 = 2 3 a be the height of equilateral △ A B C .
a 2 h 1 = tan ( 3 0 ∘ ) = 3 1 ⟹ h 1 = 2 3 a and H 2 = H 1 − 2 h 1 = 2 3 a and
H 2 H 1 = 3 ⟹ H 2 = 3 H 1 ⟹ h 2 = 3 1 h 1 , h 3 = 3 1 h 2 = 3 2 1 h 1 and in general
h n = ( 3 1 ) n − 1 h 1 ⟹ A v ( n ) = π h 1 2 ( 9 1 ) n − 1 ⟹
A v = π h 1 2 ∑ n = 1 ∞ ( 9 1 ) n − 1 = π h 1 2 ( 8 9 ) = π ( 2 3 a ) 2 ( 8 9 ) = 3 2 3 a 2 π .
For other two stacks let A d = A v − A ( 1 ) = 3 2 3 a 2 π − 1 2 a 2 π = 9 6 a 2 π ⟹ 2 A d = 4 8 a 2 π
⟹ A T = A v + 2 A d = 9 6 1 1 π a 2 = 1 1 9 6 π ⟹ a = 1 1 9 6 = β α ⟹ α + β = 1 0 7 .