In triangle with and orthocenter let be the midpoint of and let be a point such that is a parallelogram. If intersects at , then for some relatively prime positive integers and . Find .
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Let D be the intersection of lines A H and B C and let X be the foot of the perpendicular from M to B C . Then M X ∥ N D . Since B H C M is a parallelogram, we have ∠ H B D = ∠ M C X , which follows that △ H B D ≅ △ M C X by hypotenuse-leg theorem, so we have B D = C X and H D = M X .
Using Heron's Formula, we get [ A B C ] = 8 4 , where [ A B C ] is the area of △ A B C and A D = 1 2 . Also, by Pythagorean Theorem, we get B D = C X = 5 and C D = 9 , so D X = C D − C X = 4 . Furthermore, we have A H = 2 R cos A (see note below for the derivation of this formula), so by Cosine Law, we have cos A = 2 ⋅ 1 3 ⋅ 1 5 1 3 2 + 1 5 2 − 1 4 2 = 6 5 3 3 , R = 4 ⋅ 8 4 1 3 ⋅ 1 4 ⋅ 1 5 = 8 6 5 and A H = 2 ⋅ 8 6 5 ⋅ 6 5 3 3 = 4 3 3 . Since N is the midpoint of A H , we deduce that A N = 8 3 3 and N D = A D − A N = 1 2 − 8 3 3 = 8 6 3 . We also have M X = H D = A D − A H = 1 2 − 4 3 3 = 4 1 5 . Note that M X ∥ N D gives △ M P X ∼ △ N P D (by AA similarity theorem), so we get P D X P = N D M X = 8 6 3 4 1 5 = 2 1 1 0 , and with D X = 4 , we get X P = 4 ⋅ 3 1 1 0 = 3 1 4 0 and P D = 4 ⋅ 3 1 2 1 = 3 1 8 4 . Thus, we get P C B P = C X + X P B D + D P = 5 + 3 1 4 0 5 + 3 1 8 4 = 1 5 5 + 4 0 1 5 5 + 8 4 = 1 9 5 2 3 9 , and m + n = 2 3 9 + 1 9 5 = 4 3 4 .
Note: The derivation of A H = 2 R cos A is as follows: let M and N be the foot of the altitudes of A and B , respectively. Then, A N M B is cyclic, so △ A N H ∼ △ B N C , which implies that A H = B N A N ⋅ B C . But considering triangle A N B we have B N = A N tan A and by Sine Law, B C = 2 R cos A . Thus, by substitution, we have A H = A N tan A A N ⋅ 2 R sin A = 2 R cos A .