, and is a square of side length 1 unit. The perimeter of the can be written as where and are non-negative integers.What is the value of ?
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let, A D = x and F C = y
and we know ∠ A B C = 9 0 ∘
we can write this equation(using Pythagoras): x + 1 ) 2 + ( y + 1 ) 2 = 1 6 .......... ( 1 )
again △ A D E and △ E F C is similar.
So,using similarity we acn say y 1 = 1 x or x y = 1 ...... ( 2 )
Now we have to solve ( 1 ) and ( 2 ) equation.
from equation 1 ,
x 2 + 2 x + 1 + y 2 + 2 y + 2 = 1 6
or, x 2 + y 2 + 2 ( x + y ) + 2 = 1 6
or, ( x + y ) 2 − 2 x y + 2 ( x + y ) + 2 = 1 6
or, ( x + y ) 2 − 2 ∗ 1 + 2 ( x + y ) + 2 = 1 6 [using equation ( 2 ) ]
or, ( x + y ) 2 − 2 + 2 ( x + y ) + 2 = 1 6
or, ( x + y ) 2 + 2 ( x + y ) − 1 6 = 0
or, a 2 + 2 a − 1 6 = 0 [ Let a = x + y ]
so, a = 1 7 − 1 o r , a = − 1 7 − 1 [ we can't take this value as it is negative]
so , x + y = 1 7 − 1
hence,perimeter of this triangle is △ A B C
= x + y + D B + B F + A C = 1 7 − 1 + 1 + 1 + 4 = 1 7 + 5
here m = 1 7 and n = 5
finally, m + n = 1 7 + 5 = 2 2