Triangle and Geometric Series

Geometry Level 3

The figure shows a circle with radius 1 1 and a right A B C \triangle ABC with A B = B C AB=BC . Segment A B AB cuts the circle at D D . The side lengths of D B C \triangle DBC form a geometric progression . If the area of A B C \triangle ABC can be written as A B \sqrt{A} - B , input A × B A\times B .


The answer is 5.

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Let A B = B C = a , B D = a r , C D = a r = 2 |\overline {AB}|=|\overline {BC}|=a, |\overline {BD}|=\frac ar,|\overline {CD}|=ar=2

Then, a 2 + a 2 r 2 = a 2 r 2 = 4 a^2+\dfrac {a^2}{r^2}=a^2r^2=4

r 4 r 2 1 = 0 \implies r^4-r^2-1=0

r 2 = 5 + 1 2 \implies r^2=\dfrac {\sqrt 5+1}{2}

a 2 = 4 r 2 = 2 ( 5 1 ) \implies a^2=\dfrac {4}{r^2}=2(\sqrt 5-1)

So, area of A B C \triangle {ABC} is a 2 2 = 5 1 \dfrac {a^2}{2}=\sqrt 5-1

Therefore A = 5 , B = 1 , A × B = 5 A=5,B=1,A\times B=\boxed 5 .

Chew-Seong Cheong
Jul 25, 2020

Since B \angle B of D B C \triangle DBC is 9 0 90^\circ , this means that D C DC is the diameter of the circle, therefore D C = 2 DC=2 . Let A B = a AB= a and B C = b BC=b . Since a a , b b , and 2 2 are in a geometric progression, we have 2 a = b 2 b = 2 a 2a = b^2 \implies b = \sqrt{2a} . By Pythagorean theorem ,

a 2 + b 2 = 4 a 2 + 2 a 4 = 0 a = 2 + 4 4 ( 4 ) 2 = 5 1 Since a > 0 \begin{aligned} a^2 + b^2 & = 4 \\ a^2 + 2a - 4 & = 0 \\ \implies a & = \frac {-2+\sqrt{4-4(-4)}}2 = \sqrt 5 - 1 & \small \blue{\text{Since }a > 0} \end{aligned}

The area of A B C \triangle ABC , [ A B C ] = b 2 2 = a = 5 1 [ABC] = \dfrac {b^2}2 = a = \sqrt 5 - 1 , A + B = 5 + 1 = 6 \implies A+B = 5 + 1 = \boxed 6 .

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