Let A B C D be a square of side length 2, E is the midpoint of D C , E C is the radius of the circle. The circle cuts E B in F and the extension of F C cuts A B in G .
Find the area of △ F G B .
If the area can be written as d a b − c , where a and c are positive integer, with b and d are primes . Submit your answer as a + b + c + d .
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Good solution hunting down the lengths and angles of the triangle.
Nice solution! Is there a solution without use trigo?
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I suspect there is a solution using similarity of △ B F G and △ E C F or △ B G C and △ D C F .
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I noticed your comment after I posted my solution, so I think we're on the same wavelength. :)
In rt. triangle CEB, ED= 5 and SinCEB= 5 2 .
Area of isosceles triangle CEF= 2 1 ∗ S i n C E B ∗ 1 2 = 5 1 .
Since GB | | CE, triangles GBF and CEF are similar and FB:EF::( 5 -1):1.
S o a r e a Δ F G B = a r e a Δ C E F ∗ ( E F F B ) 2 = 5 1 ∗ ( 5 − 1 ) 2 . = 5 6 − 2 ∗ 5 = 5 6 5 − 1 0 = d a b − c . a + b + c + d = 6 + 5 + 1 0 + 5 = 2 6 .
Let the perpendicular from F to C D intersect this side at P . Then Δ E F P is similar to Δ E B C , and so
∣ E F ∣ ∣ F P ∣ = ∣ E B ∣ ∣ B C ∣ ⟹ ∣ F P ∣ = 5 2 , since ∣ E F ∣ = 1 and ∣ E B ∣ 2 = ∣ E C ∣ 2 + ∣ C B ∣ 2 .
The area of Δ F C E is then 2 1 ∣ E C ∣ ∣ F P ∣ = 2 1 × 1 × 5 2 = 5 1 .
Now note that triangles Δ F C E and Δ F G B are similar. Letting Q be the point on A B where the perpendicular from F intersects that side, we have that
∣ F P ∣ ∣ F Q ∣ = ∣ F P ∣ 2 − ∣ F P ∣ = 5 2 2 − 5 2 = 5 − 1 ,
and thus the area of Δ F G B will be ( 5 − 1 ) 2 that of Δ F C E , since by similarity we will have ∣ G B ∣ = ( 5 − 1 ) ∣ C E ∣ as well. Thus the desired area will be
( 5 − 1 ) 2 × 5 1 = 5 6 − 2 5 = 5 6 5 − 1 0 .
This results in a final answer of a + b + c + d = 6 + 5 + 1 0 + 5 = 2 6 .
Nice solution. You can also say point P is just point D by the converse of Thales' Theorem.
ΔFGB is similar to ΔEFC. By trigonometry,sin <CEF =2/√5, The area [EFC] = 1/√5, The area ratio is the square of length ratio,
(1/√5)/[FBG] =(〖1/(√5-1))〗^2, So the area of triangle FBG,
[FBG] = (6√5-10)/5 , a+b+c+d = 26
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Let ∠ B E C = α :
sin ( α ) = 5 2
∠ F B G = 9 0 ∘ − ∠ E B C = 9 0 ∘ − ( 9 0 ∘ − α ) = α
E F = F C ⇒ ∠ E F C = ∠ G F B = 9 0 ∘ − 2 α
∠ F G B = 1 8 0 ∘ − ∠ F B G − ∠ F G B = 9 0 ∘ − 2 α = ∠ G F B ⇒ F B = B G
E F = E C = 1 , E B = 1 2 + 2 2 = 5 ⇒ F B = B G = E B − E F = 5 − 1
Δ ( F B G ) = 2 1 × sin ( α ) × F B × B G = 2 1 × 5 2 × ( 5 − 1 ) 2
⋯ = 5 5 × ( 6 − 2 5 ) = 5 6 5 − 1 0
a = 6 , b = 5 , c = 1 0 , d = 5 ⇒ a + b + c + d = 2 6