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Geometry Difficulty 4.8 AIME Find the answer United States

Problem:
Let AEFAEF be a triangle with EF=20EF=20 and AE=AF=21AE=AF=21. Let BB and DD be points chosen on segments AEAE and AFAF, respectively, such that BDBD is parallel to EFEF. Point CC is chosen in the interior of triangle AEFAEF such that ABCDABCD is cyclic. If BC=3BC=3 and CD=4CD=4, then the ratio of areas [ABCD][AEF]\frac{[ABCD]}{[AEF]} can be written as ab\frac{a}{b} for relatively prime positive integers a,ba, b. Compute 100a+b100a+b.

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

Solutions — 2

Solution 1

Solution:
Rotate △ABC\triangle ABC around AA to △AB′C′\triangle AB' C', such that B′B' is on segment AFAF. Note that as BD∥EFBD \parallel EF, AB=ADAB=AD. From this, AB′=AB=ADAB'=AB=AD, and B′=DB'=D. Note that
∠ADC′=∠ABC=180−∠ADC \angle ADC' = \angle ABC = 180 - \angle ADC
because ABCDABCD is cyclic. Therefore, CC, DD, and C′C' are collinear. Also, AC′=ACAC' = AC, and
∠CAC′=∠DAC+∠C′AD=∠DAC+∠CAB=∠EAF. \angle CAC' = \angle DAC + \angle C'AD = \angle DAC + \angle CAB = \angle EAF.
Thus, since AE=AFAE=AF, △ACC′∼△AEF\triangle ACC' \sim \triangle AEF. Now, we have
[ACC′]=[ACD]+[ADC′]=[ACD]+[ABC]=[ABCD] [ACC'] = [ACD] + [ADC'] = [ACD] + [ABC] = [ABCD]
But, [ACC′]=CC′2EF2⋅[AEF][ACC'] = \frac{CC'^2}{EF^2} \cdot [AEF], and we know that CC′=CD+DC′=4+3=7CC' = CD + DC' = 4 + 3 = 7. Thus,
[ABCD][AEF]=[ACC′][AEF]=72202=49400. \frac{[ABCD]}{[AEF]} = \frac{[ACC']}{[AEF]} = \frac{7^2}{20^2} = \frac{49}{400}.
The answer is 100⋅49+400=5300100 \cdot 49 + 400 = 5300.

Solution 2

Solution:
Figure 1
Since BDBD is parallel to EFEF and AE=AFAE=AF, we have AB=ADAB=AD. Since ABCDABCD is cyclic, ∠ABC+∠ADC=180∘\angle ABC + \angle ADC = 180^\circ. Thus we can glue △ABC\triangle ABC and △ADC\triangle ADC as shown in the diagram above to create a triangle that is similar to △AEF\triangle AEF and has the same area as ABCDABCD. The base of this triangle has length BC+CD=3+4=7BC + CD = 3 + 4 = 7, so the desired ratio is
72202=49400 \frac{7^2}{20^2} = \frac{49}{400}

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