Suli's geometry problem

Geometry Level 5

Let A B C ABC be a triangle with A B = 17 , A C = 25 , B C = 28 AB = 17, AC = 25, BC = 28 . The triangle has circumcircle Γ \Gamma and incenter I I . Point D D is on Γ \Gamma such that A D I = 9 0 \angle ADI = 90^{\circ} , and extend A I AI to meet B C BC at E E . If sin 2 I D E \sin^2 \angle IDE can be represented as m n \frac{m}{n} with m m and n n are coprime positive integers, compute m + n m+n .


The answer is 233.

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1 solution

Alan Yan
Jan 31, 2016

Consider the circles of A D I ADI , Γ \Gamma , B I C BIC . It is well-known that the center of circle B I C BIC is the midpoint of arc B C BC . Thus, circles A D I ADI and B I C BIC are tangent at I I . Because three circles have a common radical center, we can extend A D , B C , AD, BC, and the tangent at I I to hit at some point P P . Let F F denote the foot of the perpendicular from I I to B C BC . By similar triangles, we get P F × P E = P I 2 = P D × P A . PF \times PE = PI^2 = PD \times PA. Thus, by the converse of Power of a Point, A D F E ADFE is cyclic. Denote G G as the foot of the A-altitiude. We have I D E = A D E 9 0 = A F E 9 0 = F A G \angle IDE = \angle ADE - 90^{\circ} = \angle AFE - 90^{\circ} = \angle FAG the last being exterior angle theorem. It is now easy to find that F G = 2 FG = 2 and A G = 15 AG = 15 to get that sin F A G = 2 229 sin 2 F A G = 4 229 . \sin \angle FAG = \frac{2}{\sqrt{229}} \implies \sin^2 \angle FAG = \boxed{\frac{4}{229}}.

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