Right Square Pyramids

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In square base A B C D ABCD , right P Q D \triangle{PQD} forms the primitive pythagorean triple ( 5 , 12 , 13 ) (5,12,13) and is inscribed in square A B C D ABCD as shown above.

Let O O be the center of square A B C D ABCD and construct a circle centered at O O 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 A A can be expressed as A = a b + π 2 c π A = \dfrac{a\sqrt{b + \pi^2}}{c * \pi} , where a , b a,b and c c are coprime positive integers, find a + b + c a + b + c .


The answer is 20945.

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1 solution

Rocco Dalto
Mar 4, 2020

For the square base:

I generalized the problem using M M and N N as shown above. At the end of the problem I will replace the given values ( M = 5 , N = 12 ) (M = 5, N = 12) .

Using the above diagram A P D P B Q N M = a x \triangle{APD} \sim \triangle{PBQ} \implies \dfrac{N}{M} = \dfrac{a}{x} a = N M x \implies a = \dfrac{N}{M}x \implies

y = N M x x = ( N M M ) x y = \dfrac{N}{M}x - x = (\dfrac{N - M}{M})x \implies ( ( N M ) 2 M 2 + N 2 M 2 ) x 2 = N 2 (\dfrac{(N - M)^2}{M^2} + \dfrac{N^2}{M^2})x^2 = N^2 \implies

x = N M ( N M ) 2 + N 2 a = N 2 ( N M ) 2 + N 2 x = \dfrac{NM}{\sqrt{(N - M)^2 + N^2}} \implies \boxed{a = \dfrac{N^2}{\sqrt{(N - M)^2 + N^2}}}

2 π r = 4 a r = 2 a π s = 4 a 2 π 2 + a 2 4 = 2\pi r = 4a \implies r = \dfrac{2a}{\pi} \implies s = \sqrt{\dfrac{4a^2}{\pi^2} + \dfrac{a^2}{4}} = a 2 π 16 + π 2 \dfrac{a}{2\pi}\sqrt{16 + \pi^2} \implies

The lateral surface area A = 4 ( 1 2 ) ( a ) ( a 2 π ) 16 + π 2 = A = 4(\dfrac{1}{2})(a)(\dfrac{a}{2\pi})\sqrt{16 + \pi^2} = a 2 π 16 + π 2 \dfrac{a^2}{\pi}\sqrt{16 + \pi^2}

= N 4 16 + π 2 ( ( N M ) 2 + N 2 ) π = \dfrac{N^4 \sqrt{16 + \pi^2}}{((N - M)^2 + N^2)\pi}

Using M = 5 M = 5 and N = 6 A = 20736 16 + π 2 193 π = N = 6 \implies A = \dfrac{20736\sqrt{16 + \pi^2}}{193\pi} = a b + π 2 c π \dfrac{a\sqrt{b + \pi^2}}{c * \pi}

a + b + c = 20945 \implies a + b + c = \boxed{20945} .

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