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Problem:
Point P is located inside a square ABCD of side length 10. Let O1,O2,O3,O4 be the circumcenters of PAB, PBC, PCD, and PDA, respectively. Given that PA+PB+PC+PD=232 and the area of O1O2O3O4 is 50, the second largest of the lengths O1O2,O2O3,O3O4,O4O1 can be written as ba, where a and b are relatively prime positive integers. Compute 100a+b.
A number or a short expression. Fractions can be typed as 3/2, and spacing doesn't matter.
Solution
Solution:
Note that O1O3 and O2O4 are perpendicular and intersect at O, the center of square ABCD. Also note that O1O2,O2O3,O3O4,O4O1 are the perpendiculars of PB,PC,PD,PA, respectively. Let d1=OO1, d2=OO2, d3=OO3, and d4=OO4. Note that since the area of O1O2O3O4=50, we have that (d1+d3)(d2+d4)=100. Also note that the area of octagon AO1BO2CO3DO4 is twice the area of O1O2O3O4, which is the same as the area of ABCD. Note that the difference between the area of this octagon and ABCD is 21⋅10[(d1−5)+(d2−5)+(d3−5)+(d4−5)]. Since this must equal 0, we have d1+d2+d3+d4=20. Combining this with the fact that (d1+d3)(d2+d4)=100 gives us d1+d3=d2+d4=10, so O1O3=O2O4=10.
Note that if we translate AB by 10 to coincide with DC, then O1 would coincide with O3, and thus if P translates to P′, then PCP′D is cyclic. In other words, we have ∠APB and ∠CPD are supplementary.
Fix any α∈(0∘,180∘). There are at most two points P in ABCD such that ∠APB=α and ∠CPD=180∘−α (two circular arcs intersect at most twice). Let P′ denote the unique point on AC such that ∠AP′B=α, and let P∗ denote the unique point on BD such that ∠AP∗B=α. Note that it is not hard to see that we have ∠CP′D=∠CP∗D=180∘−α. Thus, we have P=P′ or P=P∗, so P must lie on one of the diagonals. Without loss of generality, assume P=P′ (P is on AC).
Note that O1O2O3O4 is an isosceles trapezoid with bases O1O4 and O2O3. Additionally, the height of the trapezoid is 2AC=52. Since the area of the trapezoid is O1O2O3O4, we have the midlength of the trapezoid is 5250=52.
Additionally, note that ∠PO1B=2∠PAB=90∘. Similarly ∠PO2B=90∘. Combining this with the fact that O1O2 perpendicular bisects PB, we get that PO1BO2 is a square, so O1O2=PB=2232−102=2132=2169.
Since this is the second largest side of O1O2O3O4, we are done.
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