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Geometry Level 3

In the above figure, A B = 3 AB=3 , B C = 4 BC = 4 and A C = 5 AC = 5 . Find A D × D C AD \times DC .


The answer is 6.

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3 solutions

Manuel Kahayon
Jul 7, 2016

Since any two tangents to a circle originating from the same point are congruent, we can have A E = A D = a AE=AD= a , B E = B F = b BE = BF = b , F C = C D = c FC = CD = c . Then, we have the following systems of equations:

a + b = 3 a+b = 3 , b + c = 4 b+c = 4 , a + c = 5 a+c = 5

Adding the three together, we get

2 ( a + b + c ) = 12 2(a+b+c) = 12 , a + b + c = 6 a+b+c = 6

Subtracting the first and second equations respectively from this, we get

c = 3 c = 3 , a = 2 a = 2

Our desired answer is the a c = 6 ac = \boxed{6}

Michael Fuller
Jul 8, 2016

Consider a right triangle with incircle radius r r . Let the hypotenuse be split into two sections of length x x and y y as shown. Then we can show that { ( r + x ) 2 + ( r + y ) 2 = ( x + y ) 2 r 2 + r ( x + y ) = x y A R E A = 1 2 ( r + x ) ( r + y ) = 1 2 ( r 2 + r ( x + y ) + x y ) = 1 2 ( 2 x y ) = x y \begin{cases} { \left( r+x \right) }^{ 2 }+{ \left( r+y \right) }^{ 2 }={ \left( x+y \right) }^{ 2 } \Rightarrow r^2+r(x+y)=xy\\ { \triangle }_{ AREA }=\cfrac { 1 }{ 2 } \left( r+x \right) \left( r+y \right) = \cfrac { 1 }{ 2 } \left( r^2+r(x+y)+xy \right) = \cfrac { 1 }{ 2 } \left( 2xy \right) = xy \end{cases} The triangle in question is a right triangle and its area is 1 2 ( 3 ) ( 4 ) = 6 \cfrac { 1 }{ 2 } (3)(4) = 6 . Therefore A D D C = 6 |AD| \cdot |DC| = \large \color{#20A900}{\boxed{6}} .

Let O O be the centre of circle.Then, join F O FO and O E OE to get F O B E FOBE as square.

And we know that,( See this. )

r × s = Area of triangle \Rightarrow r×s=\text{Area of triangle}

r × 5 + 4 + 3 2 = 1 2 × b × h r×\dfrac{5+4+3}{2}=\dfrac{1}{2}×b×h

r × 5 + 4 + 3 2 = 1 2 × 4 × 3 r×\dfrac{5+4+3}{2}=\dfrac{1}{2}×4×3

r = 1 r=1

Now since,

E B = B F = E O = F O = 1 \Rightarrow EB=BF=EO=FO=1 .

A E = A D = 3 1 = 2 AE=AD=3-1=2 .

Similarly, F C = D C = 4 1 = 3 FC=DC=4-1=3 .

Therefore, A D × D C = 2 × 3 = 6 AD×DC=2×3=6 .

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