Pentagons Inside Pentagon

Geometry Level 3

Inside a regular pentagon A B C D E ABCDE , construct 5 more regular pentagons of side length 1 2 A B \dfrac{1}{2}AB . The part of the overlapping of these pentagons yields another regular pentagon of side length M N MN .

Let r = A B M N r=\dfrac{AB}{MN} . Find 1000 r \displaystyle \left \lfloor 1000r \right \rfloor .


The answer is 8472.

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2 solutions

Chan Lye Lee
Apr 17, 2016

Let A B = 4 a AB=4a . Now focus on the 'star' in the middle of the big pentagon. Now, F G = 2 a FG=2a and H G = a HG=a . By symmetry, M N = K L , F K = L G MN=KL, FK=LG . Consider the triangle M H G MHG , M G = H G sin 5 4 = a sin 5 4 = K G MG=\frac{HG}{\sin 54^{\circ}}=\frac{a}{\sin 54^{\circ}}=KG . Then K L = 2 × a sin 5 4 2 a = M N KL = 2\times \frac{a}{\sin 54^{\circ}} -2a=MN .

So, 1000 A B M N = 1000 × 4 a 2 a ( 1 sin 5 4 1 ) = 2000 ( 5 + 2 ) = 8472 \displaystyle \left \lfloor \dfrac{1000AB}{MN} \right \rfloor = \left \lfloor \dfrac{1000\times 4a}{2a\left( \frac{1}{\sin 54^{\circ}}-1\right)} \right \rfloor =\left \lfloor 2000(\sqrt{5}+2) \right \rfloor= 8472 .

I can do it without trig.

ADITYA GAUTAM - 1 year, 6 months ago

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Would you care to describe how?

Joe Mansley - 1 year, 4 months ago

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