Semicircle in quadrilateral

Geometry Level 3

In quadrilateral A B C D ABCD , A B = 4 AB = 4 and C D = 5 CD = 5 . A semicircle with center O O is inscribed in the quadrilateral such that O O is the midpoint of B C \overline{BC} . If the length of B C \overline{BC} is a b a\sqrt{b} for an integer a a and a square-free integer b b , what is a + b a+b ?


The answer is 9.

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1 solution

Zain Majumder
Mar 6, 2019

E A O G A O \triangle EAO \cong \triangle GAO , so let E A O = G A O = a \angle EAO = \angle GAO = a . Similarly, F D O G D O \triangle FDO \cong \triangle GDO , so let F D O = G D O = b \angle FDO = \angle GDO = b . In addition, O B E O C F \triangle OBE \cong \triangle OCF , so let O B E = O C F = c \angle OBE = \angle OCF = c . Finally, let O B = O C = x 2 OB = OC = \frac{x}{2} , so we are solving for x x . Looking at the angle measures of A B C D ABCD :

2 a + 2 b + c + c = 36 0 2a + 2b + c + c = 360^{\circ} a + b + c = 18 0 a + b + c = 180^{\circ}

By considering the angles of A O B \triangle AOB and O D C \triangle ODC , we find that A O B = b \angle AOB = b and C O D = a \angle COD = a , so A O B O D C \triangle AOB \sim \triangle ODC . Therefore:

O C A B = D C O B \frac{OC}{AB} = \frac{DC}{OB} x 2 4 = 5 x 2 \frac{\frac{x}{2}}{4} = \frac{5}{\frac{x}{2}} x = 4 5 x = \boxed{4\sqrt{5}}

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