In square base , right forms the primitive pythagorean triple and is inscribed in square as shown above.
Let be the center of square and construct a circle centered at whose circumference is equal to the perimeter of the square. Folding the arc of the semi-circle at a right angle, as shown above, the radius of the semicircle becomes the height of the right square pyramid.
If the lateral surface area can be expressed as , where and are coprime positive integers, find .
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For the square base:
I generalized the problem using M and N as shown above. At the end of the problem I will replace the given values ( M = 5 , N = 1 2 ) .
Using the above diagram △ A P D ∼ △ P B Q ⟹ M N = x a ⟹ a = M N x ⟹
y = M N x − x = ( M N − M ) x ⟹ ( M 2 ( N − M ) 2 + M 2 N 2 ) x 2 = N 2 ⟹
x = ( N − M ) 2 + N 2 N M ⟹ a = ( N − M ) 2 + N 2 N 2
2 π r = 4 a ⟹ r = π 2 a ⟹ s = π 2 4 a 2 + 4 a 2 = 2 π a 1 6 + π 2 ⟹
The lateral surface area A = 4 ( 2 1 ) ( a ) ( 2 π a ) 1 6 + π 2 = π a 2 1 6 + π 2
= ( ( N − M ) 2 + N 2 ) π N 4 1 6 + π 2
Using M = 5 and N = 6 ⟹ A = 1 9 3 π 2 0 7 3 6 1 6 + π 2 = c ∗ π a b + π 2
⟹ a + b + c = 2 0 9 4 5 .