Yay for 2014! #7

Geometry Level 4

Let A B D C ABDC be a rectangle, as shown above, such that A B = 20 AB = 20 and A C = 14. AC = 14. Points E E and F F are located in the interior of A B D C ABDC such that the triangles A E C AEC and B F D BFD are equilateral. The area of the intersection of these triangles can be represented by

a 3 b c , \frac{a\sqrt{3}}{b}- c,

where a , b , a, b, and c c are positive integers with gcd ( a , b ) = 1. \gcd(a, b) = 1. Find a + b + c . a+b+c.


The answer is 777.

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David Nasr
Dec 12, 2014

Area of the rectangle = 280 =280

Area of one red triangle = 1 2 × 1 4 2 sin 60 = 49 3 = A 1 = \frac {1}{2} \times 14^2 \sin {60}=49 \sqrt {3}=A_1

Area of the two white triangles = 2 × 100 3 3 = 200 3 3 = A 2 =2 \times \frac {100 \sqrt {3}}{3}= \frac {200 \sqrt {3}}{3}=A_2

Let the wanted area be X X ;

Then, 280 A 1 A 2 = A 1 X 280-A_1-A_2=A_1-X

Solving the equation we get X = 494 3 3 280 X= \frac {494 \sqrt {3}}{3}-280

Steven Yuan
Dec 5, 2014

Hey, why can't I see this image? Hey, why can't I see this image?

Label points in the diagram as shown above. It is clear that the figure we are trying to find the area of, F G E H FGEH , is a rhombus. Thus, if we let [ A B C D ] [ABCD] be the area of A B C D ABCD , we have

[ F G E H ] = d 1 d 2 2 = ( F E ) ( G H ) 2 . [FGEH] = \frac{d_{1}d_{2}}{2} = \frac{(FE)(GH)}{2}.

We have

E F = A B ( I F + E J ) = A B ( I J F J + I J I E ) = 20 ( 20 7 3 + 20 7 3 ) = 14 3 20 EF = AB - (IF + EJ) = AB - (IJ - FJ + IJ - IE) = 20 - (20 - 7\sqrt{3} + 20 - 7\sqrt{3}) = 14\sqrt{3} - 20

and

G H = 2 G K = 2 F K 3 = F E 3 = 14 3 20 3 = 42 20 3 3 . GH = 2GK = \frac{2FK}{\sqrt{3}} = \frac{FE}{\sqrt{3}} = \frac{14\sqrt{3} - 20}{\sqrt{3}} = \frac{42 - 20\sqrt{3}}{3}.

Thus,

[ F G E H ] = ( F E ) ( G H ) 2 = ( 14 3 20 ) ( 42 20 3 3 ) 2 = 494 3 3 280 , [FGEH] = \frac{(FE)(GH)}{2} = \frac{(14\sqrt{3} - 20)(\frac{42 - 20\sqrt{3}}{3})}{2} = \frac{494\sqrt{3}}{3} - 280,

and a + b + c = 777 . a+b+c = \boxed{777}.

I was wondering.. Did you chose the numbers specially so that the answer would be 777 777 ?

Julian Poon - 6 years, 6 months ago

Actually, no! I didn't expect that when I created this problem. Who knew?

Steven Yuan - 6 years, 6 months ago
Alex Wang
Dec 6, 2014

We can find that E F = 14 3 20 EF= 14 \sqrt{3} - 20 .

We can split the rhombus into two triangles (the tip of the large equilateral triangles). We can see that the triangles are similar. The height of the small triangle is half of EF, or 14 3 20 2 = 7 3 10 \frac{14 \sqrt{3} - 20}{2} =7\sqrt{3}-10 .

Using similar triangles, we can find the base to be 7 3 10 7 3 14 = 14 3 20 3 \frac{7 \sqrt{3}-10}{7 \sqrt{3}} \cdot 14=\frac{14\sqrt{3}-20}{\sqrt{3}} .

The area of the rhombus is twice the area of the triangle, or 2 1 2 ( 7 3 10 ) ( 14 3 20 3 ) 2 \cdot \frac{1}{2} (7\sqrt{3}-10)(\frac{14\sqrt{3}-20}{\sqrt{3}}) .

We simplify this to get 494 280 3 3 \frac{494-280\sqrt{3}}{\sqrt{3}} or 494 3 3 280 \frac{494\sqrt{3}}{3}-280 .

Therefore, our final answer is 494 + 3 + 280 = 777 494+3+280=\boxed{777} .

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