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Geometry Level 5

Let A B C ABC be a triangle with A B = 7 , A C = 9 , B C = 10 AB = 7, AC = 9, BC = 10 , circumcentre O O , circumradius R R , and circumcircle ω \omega . Let the tangents to ω \omega at B , C B, C meet at X X . A variable line \ell passes through O O . Let A 1 A_1 be the projection of X X onto \ell and A 2 A_2 be the reflection of A 1 A_1 over O O .

Suppose that there exist two points Y , Z Y, Z on \ell such that Y A B + Y B C + Y C A = Z A B + Z B C + Z C A = 9 0 \angle YAB + \angle YBC + \angle YCA = \angle ZAB + \angle ZBC + \angle ZCA = 90^{\circ} , where all angles are directed, and furthermore that O O lies inside segment Y Z YZ with O Y O Z = R 2 OY \cdot OZ = R^2 . Then there are several possible values for the sine of the angle at which the angle bisector of A A 2 O \angle AA_2O meets B C BC .

If the product of these values can be expressed in the form a b c \frac{a\sqrt{b}}{c} for positive integers a a , b b , c c , with b b square-free and a , c a, c co-prime, determine a + b + c a+b+c .


The answer is 567.

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