Problem:
Let be a triangle with and . Let and be points chosen on segments and , respectively, such that is parallel to . Point is chosen in the interior of triangle such that is cyclic. If and , then the ratio of areas can be written as for relatively prime positive integers . Compute .
, 2021
Solutions — 2
Solution 1
Solution:
Rotate around to , such that is on segment . Note that as , . From this, , and . Note that
because is cyclic. Therefore, , , and are collinear. Also, , and
Thus, since , . Now, we have
But, , and we know that . Thus,
The answer is .
Solution 2
Solution:
Since is parallel to and , we have . Since is cyclic, . Thus we can glue and as shown in the diagram above to create a triangle that is similar to and has the same area as . The base of this triangle has length , so the desired ratio is
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