Perpendicular chords in circle

Geometry Level 4

Find the value of 100 ( r + s ) \left \lceil{100(r+s)}\right \rceil .


The answer is 980.

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2 solutions

Jon Haussmann
Feb 29, 2016

Let M M and N N be the projections of O O onto A D AD and B C BC , respectively. Then M M is the midpoint of A D AD and N N is the midpoint of B C BC . Then B N = C N = 3 BN = CN = 3 , so N F = 1 NF = 1 . Since O M F N OMFN is a rectangle, O M = 1 OM = 1 . Then by Pythagoras on right triangle O M A OMA , A M = 2 6 AM = 2 \sqrt{6} . Also, A M AM is half of A D = r + s AD = r + s , so r + s = 4 6 r + s = 4 \sqrt{6} .

Elegant! I love this solution. Thank for sharing.

Chan Lye Lee - 5 years, 3 months ago

Nice Solution.

Atanu Ghosh - 5 years, 3 months ago

Exactly Same Way.

Kushagra Sahni - 5 years, 3 months ago

Same approach.

Niranjan Khanderia - 5 years, 3 months ago

Exactly the same way.

Shreyash Rai - 5 years, 3 months ago

Jon, I hate to be picayune, but the problem asks for the ceiling function of 100(r + s), which is the ceiling function of 400*sqrt(6) = 980.

Edwin Gray - 2 years, 2 months ago
Chan Lye Lee
Feb 27, 2016

Construct the right angled triangle A F C AF'C' , such that A F = D F = r AF'=DF=r and C F = C F = 2 C'F'=CF=2 , as shown.

Note that B A C = 9 0 \angle BAC'=90^{\circ} (as B A D = B C D \angle BAD=\angle BCD and D A C = A D C \angle DAC' =\angle ADC ). This means that B C BC' is a diameter. Now B C 2 = A C 2 + A B 2 = ( r 2 + 2 2 ) + ( 4 2 + s 2 ) BC'^2=AC'^2+AB^2=(r^2+2^2)+(4^2+s^2) , which means that r 2 + s 2 = 80 r^2+s^2=80 (as B C = 2 O A = 10 BC'=2OA=10 ). On the other hand, it is clear that F D C \triangle FDC is similar to F B A \triangle FBA , which means that r s = 4 ( 2 ) = 8 rs=4(2)=8 . Thus r + s = ( r 2 + s 2 ) + 2 r s = 80 + 16 = 96 = 9.79796 r+s= \sqrt{(r^2+s^2)+2rs}=\sqrt{80+16}=\sqrt{96}=9.79796 and hence 100 ( r + s ) = 980 \left \lceil{100(r+s)}\right \rceil =980 .

Arrggh.. Got 2answer wrong then finally got right one but typed 979. You should to tell to round up to nearest integer

Chirayu Bhardwaj - 5 years, 3 months ago

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The notation given in the problem clearly asks for the ceiling function, not the floor function; don't feel bad, very easy to get confused. It would have been better to give the answer as 4*sqrt(6).

Edwin Gray - 2 years, 2 months ago

Novel approach. Could not think of it !! Congratulations. Up voted.

Niranjan Khanderia - 5 years, 3 months ago

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