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Geometry Difficulty 5.7 AIME, harder Prove it North Macedonia

In a given rectangle ABCDABCD the length of ABAB is two times bigger than the length of BCBC. On the side CDCD a point MM is chosen such that the angle AMDAMD is equal to the angle AMBAMB.

a) Determine the measure of the angle AMDAMD.

b) If DM‾=1\overline{DM} = 1, determine the area of the rectangle ABCDABCD?

Solution

ABAB and CDCD are parallel so we get that ∠BAM=∠AMD\angle BAM = \angle AMD. Because ∠AMB=∠AMD\angle AMB = \angle AMD we conclude that ∠BAM=∠AMB\angle BAM = \angle AMB. So we obtain that the triangle AMBAMB is isosceles and AB‾=MB‾\overline{AB} = \overline{MB}.

In the right-angled triangle BCMBCM BMBM is a hypotenuse and two times bigger than BCBC (AB‾=2BC‾\overline{AB} = 2\overline{BC}, AB‾=MB‾\overline{AB} = \overline{MB}). From that we obtain that ∠BMC=30∘\angle BMC = 30^\circ so ∠AMB+∠AMD=150∘\angle AMB + \angle AMD = 150^\circ. Hence ∠AMB=∠AMD=75∘\angle AMB = \angle AMD = 75^\circ.

Let BC‾=b\overline{BC} = b, CD‾=2b\overline{CD} = 2b. From the condition DM‾=1\overline{DM} = 1 we get CD‾=CM‾+MD‾=CM‾+1\overline{CD} = \overline{CM} + \overline{MD} = \overline{CM} + 1 i.e. 2b=CM‾+12b = \overline{CM} + 1.

Now we get that CM‾=BM‾2−BC‾2=(2b)2−b2=b3\overline{CM} = \sqrt{\overline{BM}^2 - \overline{BC}^2} = \sqrt{(2b)^2 - b^2} = b\sqrt{3}.

Or 2b=b3+12b = b\sqrt{3} + 1 from where we obtain that b=12−3=2+3b = \frac{1}{2 - \sqrt{3}} = 2 + \sqrt{3}.

The area of the rectangle is P=ab=2b2=2(2+3)2=2(7+43)P = ab = 2b^2 = 2(2+\sqrt{3})^2 = 2(7+4\sqrt{3}).

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