In square A B C D with side length a , E is a midpoint of B C , and the red, green and pink circles with radii r , r 2 and r 3 are tangent to E D and diagonal A C as shown above and the red, green and pink circles are tangent to A D , B C and C D respectively.
If a r + r 2 + r 3 = ( α + β β + λ ) ( α + β + λ ) α ∗ β β + λ β + β β λ , where α , β and λ are coprime positive integers, find α + β + λ .
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For red circle:
For A C : y = x and m E D = − 2 ⟹ y = − 2 x + 2 a ⟹ x = y = 3 2 a
⟹ G ( 3 2 a , 3 2 a ) ⟹ A G = 3 2 2 a and G D = 3 5 a
⟹ A △ A G D = 2 1 ( a ) ( 3 2 a ) = 3 a 2 = 2 a r ( 3 3 + 2 2 + 5 ) ⟹
2 a 2 − ( 3 + 2 2 + 5 ) a r = 0 ⟹ a ( 2 a − ( 3 + 2 2 + 5 ) r ) = 0 and
a = 0 ⟹ r = 5 + 2 2 + 3 2 a
For green circle:
h △ E G C = a − 2 2 a = 3 a , E G = 6 5 a and G C = 3 2 a ⟹
A △ E G C = 2 1 ( 2 a ) ( 3 a ) = 1 2 a 2 = 2 1 ( a r 2 ) ( 6 5 + 2 2 + 3 ) ⟹
a ( a − ( 5 + 2 2 + 3 ) r 2 ) = 0 and a = 0 ⟹ r 2 = 5 + 2 2 + 3 a
Similarly using the same method for the pink circle we have:
r 3 = 5 + 2 + 3 a
⟹ a r + r 2 + r 3 = ( 3 + 2 2 + 5 ) ( 3 + 2 + 5 ) 1 2 + 5 2 + 4 5 =
( 3 + 2 2 + 5 ) ( 3 + 2 + 5 ) 3 ∗ 2 2 + 5 2 + 2 2 5 = ( α + β β + λ ) ( α + β + λ ) α ∗ β β + λ β + β β λ
⟹ α + β + λ = 1 0 .