Super Geometry Problem

Geometry Level 3

As shown in the figure, A B C D ABCD is a rectangle with side lengths of 1 1 and 3 \sqrt 3 . A B G \triangle ABG has an area of 9 3 22 \dfrac {9\sqrt 3}{22} , D E F \triangle DEF has an area of 3 8 \dfrac {\sqrt 3}8 , E D F = 3 0 \angle EDF = 30^\circ and E F EF is perpendicular to A D AD .

If the area shaded green is given by 5 a b \dfrac {5\sqrt a}b , where a a and b b are integers with a a being square-free. Find a + b a+b .


The answer is 69.

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2 solutions

Zhiqian Chen
Aug 12, 2020

Mark the letters M M and N N , we find S A B N + S C D N = 1 2 S A B C D S_{\triangle ABN}+S_{\triangle CDN}=\frac{1}{2}S_{ABCD} (You can see a beautiful proof about it at the bottom).

So S C D N = 1 × 3 9 3 22 = 3 11 S_{\triangle CDN}=1\times\sqrt{3}-\frac{9\sqrt{3}}{22}=\frac{\sqrt{3}}{11} .

And because of E F A D EF\perp AD , E D F = 3 0 \angle EDF=30^\circ and S D E F = 3 8 S_{\triangle DEF}=\frac{\sqrt{3}}{8} , so we can know E F = 1 2 , F D = 3 2 EF=\frac{1}{2},FD=\frac{\sqrt{3}}{2} .

In addition, we can find E F M C D M \triangle EFM\sim\triangle CDM , so we assume D M = x DM=x , so:

1 2 : ( 3 2 y ) = 1 : y \frac{1}{2}:(\frac{\sqrt{3}}{2}-y)=1:y

y = 3 3 y=\frac{\sqrt{3}}{3}

So S C D M = 3 3 × 1 × 1 2 = 3 6 S_{\triangle CDM}=\frac{\sqrt{3}}{3}\times1\times\frac{1}{2}=\frac{\sqrt{3}}{6} .

and so

S D M N = 3 6 3 11 = 5 3 66 S_{\triangle DMN}=\frac{\sqrt{3}}{6}-\frac{\sqrt{3}}{11}=\frac{5\sqrt{3}}{66}

So a = 3 , b = 66 a=3,b=66 , the answer is:

3 + 66 = 69 3+66=\boxed{69}


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Barry Leung - 10 months ago

My idea is that this can be shown to be part of a regular hexagon.

Barry Leung - 10 months ago

@Brilliant Mathematics , or who ever edited the problem for me, could you tell me what software you used to produce the diagram. Thank you.

Barry Leung - 10 months ago

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Hi Barry, I believed @Chew-Seong Cheong has updated the image in the problem statement.

Brilliant Mathematics Staff - 10 months ago

I redid the image for you. I used Desmos for the lines and Paint to get in the labels and numbers.

Chew-Seong Cheong - 10 months ago
Chew-Seong Cheong
Aug 12, 2020

Let E F = a EF = a . Then D F = a cot 3 0 = 3 a DF = a \cot 30^\circ = \sqrt 3 a . Since the area of D E F \triangle DEF is a 3 a 2 3 8 a = 1 2 = E F \dfrac {a \cdot \sqrt 3 a}2\dfrac {\sqrt 3}8 \implies a = \dfrac 12 = EF and D E = 3 2 DE = \dfrac {\sqrt 3}2 .

Let the intersection point of A D AD and C E CE be H H and D H = x DH = x . Then F H = 3 2 x FH = \dfrac {\sqrt 3}2 - x . We note that E F H \triangle EFH and C D H \triangle CDH are similar. Then F H D H = E F C D 3 2 x x = 1 2 x = 1 3 = 3 3 \dfrac {FH}{DH} = \dfrac {EF}{CD} \implies \dfrac {\frac {\sqrt 3}2-x}x = \dfrac 12 \implies x = \dfrac 1{\sqrt 3} = \dfrac {\sqrt 3}3 .

Draw I J IJ parallel to B C BC . Since the area of A B G \triangle ABG is I G 1 2 = 9 3 22 I G = 9 3 11 \dfrac {IG \cdot 1}2 = \dfrac {9\sqrt 3}{22} \implies IG = \dfrac {9\sqrt 3}{11} . Then G J = I J I G = 3 9 3 11 = 2 3 11 GJ = IJ - IG = \sqrt 3 - \dfrac {9\sqrt 3}{11} = \dfrac {2\sqrt 3}{11} .

Now area of the green triangle is

[ D G H ] = [ C D H ] [ C D G ] = D H C D 2 G J C D 2 = 3 6 3 11 = 5 3 66 \begin{aligned} [DGH] & = [CDH] - [CDG] \\ & = \frac {DH \cdot CD}2 - \frac {GJ \cdot CD}2 \\ & = \frac {\sqrt 3}6 - \frac {\sqrt 3}{11} \\ & = \frac {5\sqrt 3}{66} \end{aligned}

Therefore a + b = 3 + 66 = 69 a+b = 3+66 = \boxed{69} .

@Barry Leung , you have to mention that a a is square-free because 5 3 66 = 5 12 132 = 5 27 198 = \dfrac {5\sqrt 3}{66} = \dfrac {5\sqrt{12}}{132} = \dfrac {5\sqrt{27}}{198} = \cdots . Infinitely many solutions again.

Chew-Seong Cheong - 10 months ago

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