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Geometry Difficulty 5.3 AIME, harder Prove it United States

Problem:

ABCDABCD is a cyclic quadrilateral with sides AB=10AB = 10, BC=8BC = 8, CD=25CD = 25, and DA=12DA = 12. A circle ω\omega is tangent to segments DADA, ABAB, and BCBC. Find the radius of ω\omega.

Solution

Solution:

Denote EE as the intersection point of ADAD and BCBC. Let x=EAx = EA and y=EBy = EB. Because ABCDABCD is a cyclic quadrilateral, EAB\triangle EAB is similar to ECD\triangle ECD. Therefore,
y+8x=2510andx+12y=2510. \frac{y + 8}{x} = \frac{25}{10} \quad \text{and} \quad \frac{x + 12}{y} = \frac{25}{10}.
We get x=12821x = \frac{128}{21} and y=15221y = \frac{152}{21}.

Note that ω\omega is the EE-excircle of EAB\triangle EAB, so we may finish by standard calculations.

Indeed, first we compute the semiperimeter
s=EA+AB+BE2=x+y+102=353. s = \frac{EA + AB + BE}{2} = \frac{x + y + 10}{2} = \frac{35}{3}.
Now the radius of ω\omega is (by Heron's formula for area)
rE=[EAB]sAB=s(sx)(sy)s10=12097=84637. r_E = \frac{[EAB]}{s - AB} = \sqrt{\frac{s(s - x)(s - y)}{s - 10}} = \sqrt{\frac{1209}{7}} = \frac{\sqrt{8463}}{7}.

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