Square Extension!

Geometry Level 4

A B C D ABCD is a square and E E is a point outside of the square such that B E = 5 , A E = 2 \overline{BE} = 5, \overline{AE} = 2 and E D = 4 \overline{ED} = 4

If A A B C D = a b c A_{ABCD} = \dfrac{a - \sqrt{b}}{c} , where a , b a,b and c c are coprime positive integers, find a + b + c a + b + c .


The answer is 554.

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1 solution

Rocco Dalto
May 23, 2021

Using the law of cosines on B E A \triangle{BEA} and A E D \triangle{AED} \implies

25 = x 2 + 4 4 x cos ( θ ) 25 = x^2 + 4 - 4x\cos(\theta)

16 = x 2 + 4 + 4 x sin ( θ ) 16 = x^2 + 4 + 4x\sin(\theta)

\implies

4 x cos ( θ ) = x 2 21 4x\cos(\theta) = x^2 - 21

4 x sin ( θ ) = 12 x 2 4x\sin(\theta) = 12 - x^2

\implies

16 x 2 cos ( θ ) = x 4 42 x 2 + 441 16x^2\cos^(\theta) = x^4 - 42x^2 + 441

16 x 2 sin 2 ( θ ) = x 4 24 x 2 + 144 16x^2\sin^2(\theta) = x^4 - 24x^2 + 144

Adding the two equations directly above \implies

2 x 4 82 x 2 + 585 = 0 x 2 = 41 ± 511 2 2x^4 - 82x^2 + 585 = 0 \implies x^2 = \dfrac{41 \pm \sqrt{511}}{2}

For ( + ) (+) sin ( θ ) = 12 x 2 4 x < 1 \sin(\theta) = \dfrac{12 - x^2}{4x} < -1 \therefore we choose A = x 2 = 41 511 2 = A = x^2 = \dfrac{41 -\sqrt{511}}{2} =

a b c a + b + c = 554 \dfrac{a - \sqrt{b}}{c} \implies a + b + c = \boxed{554} .

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