Rotational Transformation

Geometry Level 4

Consider

A square A B C D ABCD with coordinates ( 0 , 0 ) , ( 0 , a ) , ( a , a ) (0,0), (0,a), (a,a) and ( a , 0 ) (a,0) .

A point P P with coordinates ( 0 , a ) (0,-a) .

And a line l l with inclination 1 6 \frac{1}{6} and y y -intercept 7 a 3 \frac{-7 a}{3} .

Find coordinates of two points x 1 x_{1} and x 2 x_{2} along the edges of square such that the line segments from these points to line l l have the midpoint P P .

If the distance between x 1 x_{1} and x 2 x_{2} can be expressed as A a B \frac{\sqrt{A}\: a}{B} then find A + B A + B .


The answer is 43.

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Ahmad Saad
Jun 17, 2016

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