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Geometry Level 5

As shown in the diagram above, E A EA , A B AB , B C BC are chords in a circle so that E A EA is parallel to B C BC .
O O is the midpoint of A B AB , P P is the midpoint of B C BC .
Chord A G AG passes through P P .
Chord C D CD passes through O O , and intersects A G AG at N N .
Chord E F EF passes through O O , and intersects A G AG at M M .

If the area of A M O \triangle AMO is 15 units and that of N O M \triangle NOM is 10 units.
Find the diameter of the circle given that it is an integer.


The answer is 25.

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1 solution

Kenneth Tan
Oct 3, 2014

Lemme tell u a secret... A B C E ABCE is actually a parallelogram . Sounds peculiar? Lemme show you...

Set the above figure onto a complex plane with A B AB as the real axis and A A be the origin, the points A A , B B , C C , E E , M M , N N , O O and P P are represented by complex numbers a a , b b , c c , e e , m m , n n , o o and p p respectively (the e e here is not the constant 2.71828 2.71828\ldots , don't be confused! I won't be using that constant here).

Let's set o = 1 o=1 , then b = 2 b=2 . Suppose to get to P P from B B we go x x units along the real axis and 1 unit up the imaginary axis, then p = 2 + x + i p=2+x+i , thus c = 2 + 2 x + 2 i c=2+2x+2i . B C = c b = 2 x + 2 i C O = o c = ( 1 + 2 x ) 2 i \therefore \overrightarrow{BC}=c-b=2x+2i \\ \therefore \overrightarrow{CO}=o-c=-(1+2x)-2i

Since A E B C AE\parallel BC and A B = 2 |AB|=2 , thus e = k 0 x + k 0 i e=k_0x+k_0i for some value k 0 R k_0\in \mathbb R .

Let's first find the value of n n . Since n = c + C N n=c+\overrightarrow{CN} , suppose n = k 1 p n=k_1p and C N = k 2 C O = k 2 ( 1 + 2 x ) 2 k 2 i \overrightarrow{CN}=k_2\overrightarrow{CO}=-k_2(1+2x)-2k_2i where k 1 , k 2 R k_1,k_2\in\mathbb 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 k_1p=c-k_2(1+2x)-2k_2i \\ k_1(2+x)+k_1i=2+2x-k_2(1+2x)+2(1-k_2)i

Equating the coefficients of the imaginary part, we have k 1 = 2 ( 1 k 2 ) k_1=2(1-k_2) .

Equating the coefficients of the real part and substituting k 1 = 2 ( 1 k 2 ) 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 = 2 3 k_1(2+x)=2(1-k_2)(2+x)=2+2x-k_2(1+2x) \\ 4+2x-4k_2-2k_2x=2+2x-k_2-2k_2x \\ 4-4k_2=2-k_2 \\ \therefore k_2=\frac23 k 1 = 2 ( 1 2 3 ) = 2 3 \therefore k_1=2(1-\frac23)=\frac23 n = 2 3 p \therefore n=\frac23p

Denote S a shape S_\text{a shape} as the area of a shape, since A M A N = S A M O S A M O + S N O M = 3 5 \frac{|AM|}{|AN|}=\frac{S_{\triangle AMO}}{S_{\triangle AMO}+S_{\triangle NOM}}=\frac35 , thus m = 3 5 n = 2 5 p = 4 5 + 2 5 x + 2 5 i m=\frac35n=\frac25p=\frac45+\frac25x+\frac25i

Now, because o = e + E O o=e+\overrightarrow {EO} , suppose E O = k 3 M O \overrightarrow{EO}=k_3\overrightarrow{MO} where k 3 R k_3\in\mathbb R , then o = 1 = e + k 3 ( o m ) = k 0 x + k 0 i + k 3 ( 1 4 5 2 5 x 2 5 i ) = k 0 x + k 0 i + 1 5 k 3 2 5 k 3 x 2 5 k 3 i = ( k 0 2 5 k 3 ) x + 1 5 k 3 + ( k 0 2 5 k 3 ) i \begin{aligned} o=1&=e+k_3(o-m) \\&=k_0x+k_0i+k_3(1-\frac45-\frac25x-\frac25i) \\&=k_0x+k_0i+\frac15k_3-\frac25k_3x-\frac25k_3i \\&=(k_0-\frac25k_3)x+\frac15k_3+(k_0-\frac25k_3)i \end{aligned}

By equating the coefficients again we get k 0 = 2 5 k 3 k_0=\frac25k_3 and ( k 0 2 5 k 3 ) x + 1 5 k 3 = 1 (k_0-\frac25k_3)x+\frac15k_3=1 which we can get k 3 = 5 k_3=5 which in turn implies k 0 = 2 k_0=2 .

Thus, e = A E = k 0 x + k 0 i = 2 x + 2 i = B C e=\overrightarrow{AE}=k_0x+k_0i=2x+2i=\overrightarrow{BC} , which implies that E C A B EC\parallel AB , A B C E ABCE is a parallelogram.


Now we have proven that A B C E ABCE is a parallelogram, the only circumscribed parallelograms are rectangles, so A B C E ABCE 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 × ( 10 + 15 ) = 50 \because |AB|=2|AO| \\ \therefore S_{\triangle ABN}=2S_{\triangle AON}=2\times(10+15)=50 n = 2 3 p S A B P = 3 2 S A O N = 3 2 × 50 = 75 \because |n|=\frac23|p| \\ \therefore S_{\triangle ABP}=\frac32 S_{\triangle AON}=\frac32\times50=75 S A B C E = 4 S A B P = 4 × 75 = 300 = A B × B C \therefore S_{ABCE}=4S_{\triangle ABP}=4\times75=300=AB\times BC

300 can be factorised as 1 × 300 2 × 150 3 × 100 4 × 75 5 × 60 6 × 50 10 × 30 12 × 25 15 × 20 \begin{aligned} 1\times300 \\ 2\times150 \\ 3\times100\\4\times75\\5\times60\\6\times50\\10\times30\\12\times25\\15\times20 \end{aligned}

Since the diameter of the circle is an integer, and the diameter of the circle is A B 2 + B C 2 \sqrt{AB^2+BC^2} , we see that only 15 and 20 satisfies the problem.

Hence, the diameter of the circle is 1 5 2 + 2 0 2 = 25 \sqrt{15^2+20^2}=25 .

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