is a trapezium,
and
. It is known that
,
and the area of
is
. If the height of the trapezium can be expressed as
, where
and
are coprime positive integers and
is square-free, find
.
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Construction: Drop a perpendicular from B to line A D and let F be the foot of the perpendicular. So, B F = h is the height of the trapezium.
Since
△
A
D
E
∼
△
C
B
E
, we have,
A
D
C
B
=
D
E
B
E
=
k
, for some constant
k
. Let
A
D
=
x
⟹
C
B
=
k
x
and
D
E
=
y
⟹
B
E
=
k
y
.
We are given that, A D + D B + B C x ( k + 1 ) + y ( k + 1 ) 2 1 ⋅ ( A D + C B ) ⋅ B F x ( k + 1 ) ⋅ h A D + B C x ( k + 1 ) = 3 5 = 3 5 = 7 5 2 = 1 5 0 2 > B D > y ( k + 1 ) ( 1 ) ( 2 ) ( 3 ) Note that △ B F D is an isosceles right-triangle, so D B 2 y ( k + 1 ) y ( k + 1 ) = B F 2 + F D 2 = h 2 + h 2 = h 2 Substituting this in ( 1 ) and ( 2 ) , defining z = x ( k + 1 ) , we have the system of equations, { z + h 2 = 3 5 z h = 1 5 0 Solving the above equations results in a quadratic with solutions ( h , z ) = ( 2 1 5 2 , 2 0 ) or ( h , z ) = ( 1 0 2 , 1 5 ) If z = x ( k + 1 ) = 1 5 , from equation ( 1 ) , y ( k + 1 ) = 2 0 which contradicts equation ( 3 ) . Thus, the second solution is invalid.
Therefore, the height of the trapezium is h = 2 1 5 2 ⟹ l + m + n = 1 5 + 2 + 2 = 1 9