Triangulo loco

Geometry Level 4

Let A B C D ABCD be a square of side length 2, E E is the midpoint of D C DC , E C EC is the radius of the circle. The circle cuts E B EB in F F and the extension of F C FC cuts A B AB in G G .

Find the area of F G B \triangle FGB .

If the area can be written as a b c d \dfrac{ a \sqrt{b}-c}{d} , where a a and c c are positive integer, with b b and d d are primes . Submit your answer as a + b + c + d a+b+c+d .


The answer is 26.

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5 solutions

Sam Bealing
May 3, 2016

Let B E C = α \angle BEC=\alpha :

sin ( α ) = 2 5 \sin(\alpha)=\frac{2}{\sqrt{5}}

F B G = 9 0 E B C = 9 0 ( 9 0 α ) = α \angle FBG=90^{\circ}-\angle EBC=90^{\circ}-(90^{\circ}-\alpha)=\alpha

E F = F C E F C = G F B = 9 0 α 2 EF=FC \Rightarrow \angle EFC=\angle GFB=90^{\circ}-\frac{\alpha}{2}

F G B = 18 0 F B G F G B = 9 0 α 2 = G F B F B = B G \angle FGB=180^{\circ}-\angle FBG-\angle FGB=90^{\circ}-\frac{\alpha}{2}=\angle GFB \Rightarrow FB=BG

E F = E C = 1 , E B = 1 2 + 2 2 = 5 F B = B G = E B E F = 5 1 EF=EC=1, EB=\sqrt{1^2+2^2}=\sqrt{5} \Rightarrow FB=BG=EB-EF=\sqrt{5}-1

Δ ( F B G ) = 1 2 × sin ( α ) × F B × B G = 1 2 × 2 5 × ( 5 1 ) 2 \Delta(FBG)=\frac{1}{2} \times \sin(\alpha) \times FB \times BG=\frac{1}{2} \times \frac{2}{\sqrt{5}} \times (\sqrt{5}-1)^2

= 5 5 × ( 6 2 5 ) = 6 5 10 5 \cdots=\frac{\sqrt{5}}{5} \times (6-2 \sqrt{5})=\frac{6 \sqrt{5} -10}{5}

a = 6 , b = 5 , c = 10 , d = 5 a + b + c + d = 26 a=6,b=5,c=10,d=5 \Rightarrow a+b+c+d=\boxed{\boxed{26}}

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Good solution hunting down the lengths and angles of the triangle.

Nice solution! Is there a solution without use trigo?

Paola Ramírez - 5 years, 1 month ago

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I suspect there is a solution using similarity of B F G \triangle BFG and E C F \triangle ECF or B G C \triangle BGC and D C F \triangle DCF .

Sam Bealing - 5 years, 1 month ago

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I noticed your comment after I posted my solution, so I think we're on the same wavelength. :)

Brian Charlesworth - 5 years, 1 month ago

In rt. triangle CEB, ED= 5 \sqrt5 and SinCEB= 2 5 \dfrac 2 {\sqrt5} .

Area of isosceles triangle CEF= 1 2 S i n C E B 1 2 = 1 5 . \frac 1 2 *SinCEB * 1^2=\dfrac 1 {\sqrt5}.

Since GB | | CE, triangles GBF and CEF are similar and FB:EF::( 5 \sqrt5 -1):1.

S o a r e a Δ F G B = a r e a Δ C E F ( F B E F ) 2 = 1 5 ( 5 1 ) 2 . = 6 2 5 5 = 6 5 10 5 = a b c d . a + b + c + d = 6 + 5 + 10 + 5 = 26. So\ area\ \Delta\ FGB=area\ \Delta\ CEF*(\dfrac{FB}{EF})^2=\dfrac 1 {\sqrt5}* (\sqrt5 -1)^2. \\ =\dfrac{6-2*\sqrt5}{\sqrt5}=\dfrac{6\sqrt5 - 10} 5=\dfrac{a\sqrt b - c}d. \\ a+b+c+d=6+5+10+5=26.

Let the perpendicular from F F to C D CD intersect this side at P P . Then Δ E F P \Delta EFP is similar to Δ E B C \Delta EBC , and so

F P E F = B C E B F P = 2 5 \dfrac{|FP|}{|EF|} = \dfrac{|BC|}{|EB|} \Longrightarrow |FP| = \dfrac{2}{\sqrt{5}} , since E F = 1 |EF| = 1 and E B 2 = E C 2 + C B 2 |EB|^{2} = |EC|^{2} + |CB|^{2} .

The area of Δ F C E \Delta FCE is then 1 2 E C F P = 1 2 × 1 × 2 5 = 1 5 \dfrac{1}{2}|EC||FP| = \dfrac{1}{2} \times 1 \times \dfrac{2}{\sqrt{5}} = \dfrac{1}{\sqrt{5}} .

Now note that triangles Δ F C E \Delta FCE and Δ F G B \Delta FGB are similar. Letting Q Q be the point on A B AB where the perpendicular from F F intersects that side, we have that

F Q F P = 2 F P F P = 2 2 5 2 5 = 5 1 \dfrac{|FQ|}{|FP|} = \dfrac{2 - |FP|}{|FP|} = \dfrac{2 - \frac{2}{\sqrt{5}}}{\frac{2}{\sqrt{5}}} = \sqrt{5} - 1 ,

and thus the area of Δ F G B \Delta FGB will be ( 5 1 ) 2 (\sqrt{5} - 1)^{2} that of Δ F C E \Delta FCE , since by similarity we will have G B = ( 5 1 ) C E |GB| = (\sqrt{5} - 1)|CE| as well. Thus the desired area will be

( 5 1 ) 2 × 1 5 = 6 2 5 5 = 6 5 10 5 (\sqrt{5} - 1)^{2} \times \dfrac{1}{\sqrt{5}} = \dfrac{6 - 2\sqrt{5}}{\sqrt{5}} = \dfrac{6\sqrt{5} - 10}{5} .

This results in a final answer of a + b + c + d = 6 + 5 + 10 + 5 = 26 a + b + c + d = 6 + 5 + 10 + 5 = \boxed{26} .

Nice solution. You can also say point P P is just point D D by the converse of Thales' Theorem.

Sam Bealing - 5 years, 1 month ago
Rab Gani
May 18, 2018

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

William Isoroku
May 4, 2016

Use ratio of areas of triangles sharing the same altitude and the ratio of areas of similar triangles.

Nice approach. Could you provide the specific details?

Calvin Lin Staff - 5 years, 1 month ago

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