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Geometry Level 4

Given that the sum of squares of lengths of the two diagonals of a parallelogram is 625 625 , find S S , the sum of squares of lengths of the four sides of the parallelogram. Submit the square of the sum of digits of S S .


The answer is 169.

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Chew-Seong Cheong
Jul 14, 2020

Let the two side lengths of the parallelogram be a a and b b and those of its diagonals be c c and d d . Let an angle be θ \theta . Then c 2 + d 2 = 625 c^2 + d^2 = 625 . By cosine rule , we have

c 2 + d 2 = 625 a 2 + b 2 2 a b cos θ + a 2 + b 2 2 a b cos ( 18 0 θ ) = 625 Note that cos ( 18 0 θ ) = cos θ a 2 + b 2 2 a b cos θ + a 2 + b 2 + 2 a b cos θ = 625 2 ( a 2 + b 2 ) = 625 S = 625 \begin{aligned} c^2 + d^2 & = 625 \\ a^2 + b^2 - 2ab\cos \theta + a^2 + b^2 - 2ab \blue{\cos (180^\circ - \theta)} & = 625 & \small \blue{\text{Note that }\cos (180^\circ - \theta) = - \cos \theta} \\ a^2 + b^2 - 2ab\cos \theta + a^2 + b^2 + 2ab \blue{\cos \theta} & = 625 \\ 2(a^2 + b^2) & = 625 \\ \implies S & = 625 \end{aligned}

Therefore the square of sum of digits of S S is ( 6 + 2 + 5 ) 2 = 1 3 2 = 169 (6+2+5)^2 = 13^2 = \boxed{169} .

@Razing Thunder , as mentioned before, don't use all cap in the problem not even the title. It is equivalent to shouting. Also no exclamation mark (!). Again it is shouting and rude. Please also don't use tricks for the final answer like the "square of sum of digits". It took three times to get the answer right. The purpose of this problem is to learn Geometry not cracking your tricks.

Chew-Seong Cheong - 11 months ago

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thanks for correcting me i understood

Razing Thunder - 11 months ago
Chris Lewis
Jul 14, 2020

In any parallelogram, A B 2 + B C 2 + C D 2 + D A 2 = A C 2 + B D 2 AB^2+BC^2+CD^2+DA^2 = AC^2+BD^2 . To prove this, we can just use the cosine law. Let A B C = C D A = θ \angle ABC = \angle CDA = \theta . Then B C D = D A B = 18 0 θ \angle BCD = \angle DAB = 180^{\circ} - \theta . A C 2 = A B 2 + B C 2 2 A B B C cos θ B D 2 = B C 2 + C D 2 2 B C C D cos ( 18 0 θ ) A C 2 = C D 2 + D A 2 2 C D D A cos θ B D 2 = D A 2 + A B 2 2 D A A B cos ( 18 0 θ ) \begin{aligned} AC^2 &= AB^2+BC^2 - 2AB \cdot BC \cdot \cos{\theta} \\ BD^2 &= BC^2+CD^2 - 2BC \cdot CD \cdot \cos{\left(180^{\circ} - \theta \right)} \\ AC^2 &= CD^2+DA^2 - 2CD \cdot DA \cdot \cos{\theta} \\ BD^2 &= DA^2+AB^2 - 2DA \cdot AB \cdot \cos{\left( 180^{\circ} - \theta \right)} \end{aligned}

Since cos θ + cos ( 18 0 θ ) = 0 \cos{\theta} + \cos{\left(180^{\circ} - \theta \right)}=0 , adding up all four of these equations gives the result.

So in this case, A B 2 + B C 2 + C D 2 + D A 2 = 625 AB^2+BC^2+CD^2+DA^2 = 625 , and the answer is ( 6 + 2 + 5 ) 2 = 169 (6+2+5)^2=\boxed{169} .

Applying appolonius theorem in triangle ABD

A B 2 + B D 2 = 2 ( C D 2 + B C 2 ) AB^{2}+BD^{2}=2(CD^{2}+BC^{2})

625 = s u m 625=sum o f of s q u a r e square o f of s i d e s sides

\Rightarrow Result = 6 + 2 + 5 = 13 =6+2+5=\boxed{13}

Answer = 1 3 2 = 169 13^{2} = 169

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nice .

Razing Thunder - 10 months, 3 weeks ago

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Thanks buddy.

A Former Brilliant Member - 10 months, 3 weeks ago

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