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Problem:

Point PP is located inside a square ABCDA B C D of side length 1010. Let O1,O2,O3,O4O_{1}, O_{2}, O_{3}, O_{4} be the circumcenters of PABP A B, PBCP B C, PCDP C D, and PDAP D A, respectively. Given that PA+PB+PC+PD=232P A + P B + P C + P D = 23 \sqrt{2} and the area of O1O2O3O4O_{1} O_{2} O_{3} O_{4} is 5050, the second largest of the lengths O1O2,O2O3,O3O4,O4O1O_{1} O_{2}, O_{2} O_{3}, O_{3} O_{4}, O_{4} O_{1} can be written as ab\sqrt{\frac{a}{b}}, where aa and bb are relatively prime positive integers. Compute 100a+b100a + b.

A number or a short expression. Fractions can be typed as 3/2, and spacing doesn't matter.

Solution

Solution:

Note that O1O3O_{1} O_{3} and O2O4O_{2} O_{4} are perpendicular and intersect at OO, the center of square ABCDA B C D. Also note that O1O2,O2O3,O3O4,O4O1O_{1} O_{2}, O_{2} O_{3}, O_{3} O_{4}, O_{4} O_{1} are the perpendiculars of PB,PC,PD,PAP B, P C, P D, P A, respectively. Let d1=OO1d_{1} = O O_{1}, d2=OO2d_{2} = O O_{2}, d3=OO3d_{3} = O O_{3}, and d4=OO4d_{4} = O O_{4}. Note that since the area of O1O2O3O4=50O_{1} O_{2} O_{3} O_{4} = 50, we have that (d1+d3)(d2+d4)=100(d_{1} + d_{3})(d_{2} + d_{4}) = 100. Also note that the area of octagon AO1BO2CO3DO4A O_{1} B O_{2} C O_{3} D O_{4} is twice the area of O1O2O3O4O_{1} O_{2} O_{3} O_{4}, which is the same as the area of ABCDA B C D. Note that the difference between the area of this octagon and ABCDA B C D is 1210[(d15)+(d25)+(d35)+(d45)]\frac{1}{2} \cdot 10 \left[ (d_{1} - 5) + (d_{2} - 5) + (d_{3} - 5) + (d_{4} - 5) \right]. Since this must equal 00, we have d1+d2+d3+d4=20d_{1} + d_{2} + d_{3} + d_{4} = 20. Combining this with the fact that (d1+d3)(d2+d4)=100(d_{1} + d_{3})(d_{2} + d_{4}) = 100 gives us d1+d3=d2+d4=10d_{1} + d_{3} = d_{2} + d_{4} = 10, so O1O3=O2O4=10O_{1} O_{3} = O_{2} O_{4} = 10.

Note that if we translate ABA B by 1010 to coincide with DCD C, then O1O_{1} would coincide with O3O_{3}, and thus if PP translates to PP', then PCPDP C P' D is cyclic. In other words, we have APB\angle A P B and CPD\angle C P D are supplementary.

Fix any α(0,180)\alpha \in (0^{\circ}, 180^{\circ}). There are at most two points PP in ABCDA B C D such that APB=α\angle A P B = \alpha and CPD=180α\angle C P D = 180^{\circ} - \alpha (two circular arcs intersect at most twice). Let PP' denote the unique point on ACA C such that APB=α\angle A P' B = \alpha, and let PP^* denote the unique point on BDB D such that APB=α\angle A P^* B = \alpha. Note that it is not hard to see that we have CPD=CPD=180α\angle C P' D = \angle C P^* D = 180^{\circ} - \alpha. Thus, we have P=PP = P' or P=PP = P^*, so PP must lie on one of the diagonals. Without loss of generality, assume P=PP = P' (PP is on ACA C).

Note that O1O2O3O4O_{1} O_{2} O_{3} O_{4} is an isosceles trapezoid with bases O1O4O_{1} O_{4} and O2O3O_{2} O_{3}. Additionally, the height of the trapezoid is AC2=52\frac{A C}{2} = 5 \sqrt{2}. Since the area of the trapezoid is O1O2O3O4O_{1} O_{2} O_{3} O_{4}, we have the midlength of the trapezoid is 5052=52\frac{50}{5 \sqrt{2}} = 5 \sqrt{2}.

Additionally, note that PO1B=2PAB=90\angle P O_{1} B = 2 \angle P A B = 90^{\circ}. Similarly PO2B=90\angle P O_{2} B = 90^{\circ}. Combining this with the fact that O1O2O_{1} O_{2} perpendicular bisects PBP B, we get that PO1BO2P O_{1} B O_{2} is a square, so O1O2=PB=2321022=1322=1692O_{1} O_{2} = P B = \frac{23 \sqrt{2} - 10 \sqrt{2}}{2} = \frac{13 \sqrt{2}}{2} = \sqrt{\frac{169}{2}}.

Since this is the second largest side of O1O2O3O4O_{1} O_{2} O_{3} O_{4}, we are done.

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