As shown in the diagram above,
,
,
are chords in a circle so that
is parallel to
.
is the midpoint of
,
is the midpoint of
.
Chord
passes through
.
Chord
passes through
, and intersects
at
.
Chord
passes through
, and intersects
at
.
If the area of
is 15 units and that of
is 10 units.
Find the diameter of the circle given that it is an integer.
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Lemme tell u a secret... A B C E is actually a parallelogram . Sounds peculiar? Lemme show you...
Set the above figure onto a complex plane with A B as the real axis and A be the origin, the points A , B , C , E , M , N , O and P are represented by complex numbers a , b , c , e , m , n , o and p respectively (the e here is not the constant 2 . 7 1 8 2 8 … , don't be confused! I won't be using that constant here).
Let's set o = 1 , then b = 2 . Suppose to get to P from B we go x units along the real axis and 1 unit up the imaginary axis, then p = 2 + x + i , thus c = 2 + 2 x + 2 i . ∴ B C = c − b = 2 x + 2 i ∴ C O = o − c = − ( 1 + 2 x ) − 2 i
Since A E ∥ B C and ∣ A B ∣ = 2 , thus e = k 0 x + k 0 i for some value k 0 ∈ R .
Let's first find the value of n . Since n = c + C N , suppose n = k 1 p and C N = k 2 C O = − k 2 ( 1 + 2 x ) − 2 k 2 i where k 1 , k 2 ∈ R .
We have k 1 p = c − k 2 ( 1 + 2 x ) − 2 k 2 i k 1 ( 2 + x ) + k 1 i = 2 + 2 x − k 2 ( 1 + 2 x ) + 2 ( 1 − k 2 ) i
Equating the coefficients of the imaginary part, we have k 1 = 2 ( 1 − k 2 ) .
Equating the coefficients of the real part and substituting k 1 = 2 ( 1 − k 2 ) , we have k 1 ( 2 + x ) = 2 ( 1 − k 2 ) ( 2 + x ) = 2 + 2 x − k 2 ( 1 + 2 x ) 4 + 2 x − 4 k 2 − 2 k 2 x = 2 + 2 x − k 2 − 2 k 2 x 4 − 4 k 2 = 2 − k 2 ∴ k 2 = 3 2 ∴ k 1 = 2 ( 1 − 3 2 ) = 3 2 ∴ n = 3 2 p
Denote S a shape as the area of a shape, since ∣ A N ∣ ∣ A M ∣ = S △ A M O + S △ N O M S △ A M O = 5 3 , thus m = 5 3 n = 5 2 p = 5 4 + 5 2 x + 5 2 i
Now, because o = e + E O , suppose E O = k 3 M O where k 3 ∈ R , then o = 1 = e + k 3 ( o − m ) = k 0 x + k 0 i + k 3 ( 1 − 5 4 − 5 2 x − 5 2 i ) = k 0 x + k 0 i + 5 1 k 3 − 5 2 k 3 x − 5 2 k 3 i = ( k 0 − 5 2 k 3 ) x + 5 1 k 3 + ( k 0 − 5 2 k 3 ) i
By equating the coefficients again we get k 0 = 5 2 k 3 and ( k 0 − 5 2 k 3 ) x + 5 1 k 3 = 1 which we can get k 3 = 5 which in turn implies k 0 = 2 .
Thus, e = A E = k 0 x + k 0 i = 2 x + 2 i = B C , which implies that E C ∥ A B , A B C E is a parallelogram.
Now we have proven that A B C E is a parallelogram, the only circumscribed parallelograms are rectangles, so A B C E must be a rectangle. Let's calculate the area of this rectangle.
∵ ∣ A B ∣ = 2 ∣ A O ∣ ∴ S △ A B N = 2 S △ A O N = 2 × ( 1 0 + 1 5 ) = 5 0 ∵ ∣ n ∣ = 3 2 ∣ p ∣ ∴ S △ A B P = 2 3 S △ A O N = 2 3 × 5 0 = 7 5 ∴ S A B C E = 4 S △ A B P = 4 × 7 5 = 3 0 0 = A B × B C
300 can be factorised as 1 × 3 0 0 2 × 1 5 0 3 × 1 0 0 4 × 7 5 5 × 6 0 6 × 5 0 1 0 × 3 0 1 2 × 2 5 1 5 × 2 0
Since the diameter of the circle is an integer, and the diameter of the circle is A B 2 + B C 2 , we see that only 15 and 20 satisfies the problem.
Hence, the diameter of the circle is 1 5 2 + 2 0 2 = 2 5 .