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Geometry Level 2

Let B C BC be a diameter of a circle having center O O and D D be a point on B C BC such that B D = D C 3 BD =\dfrac{DC}{3} . Let A A and E E be points on the circle such that A D AD is perpendicular to B C BC and A E AE passes through O O . If A B = 4 AB=4 , then x = [ A D E C ] 3 x= \dfrac{[ADEC]}{\sqrt 3} , find x x .

Note: [ ] [\ \cdot \ ] denotes the area.


The answer is 12.000.

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Chew-Seong Cheong
Nov 19, 2019

Let the radius of the circle be r r . Then A O = E O = r AO=EO=r . Since B D = D C 3 \red{BD} = \dfrac {DC}3 and B C = 2 r BC = 2r , B D = r 2 \implies BD = \dfrac r2 , D C = 3 2 r DC = \dfrac 32 r , and D O = r 2 DO=\dfrac r2 . This means that A B D \triangle ABD and A D O \triangle ADO are similar. Therefore A O = A B r = 4 AO = AB \implies r = 4 . We note that A D C \triangle ADC and C D E \triangle CDE share a common base of D C DC and have heights A D AD and E F EF respectively. Since A D O \triangle ADO and O E F \triangle OEF are similar, A D = E F AD=EF . Therefore A D C \triangle ADC and C D E \triangle CDE have the same area. Then

[ A D E C ] = [ A D C ] + [ C D E ] = 2 [ A D C ] = 2 × 1 2 × A D × D C = 2 × 1 2 × 2 3 × 6 = 12 3 [ A D E C ] 3 = 12 \begin{aligned} [ADEC] & = [ADC] + [CDE] = 2[ADC] = 2 \times \frac 12 \times AD \times DC = 2 \times \frac 12 \times 2\sqrt 3 \times 6 = 12\sqrt 3 \\ \implies \frac {[ADEC]}{\sqrt 3} & = \boxed{12} \end{aligned}

@Fahim Muhtamim , you have entered B C = D C 3 BC = \dfrac {DC}3 which is impossible. I have amended for you. You should also not use image with big background. It will make the image turn out small.

Chew-Seong Cheong - 1 year, 6 months ago

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