Problem:
Suppose is a rectangle whose diagonals meet at . The perimeter of triangle is and the perimeter of triangle is . Compute the number of possible integer values of .
Problem:
Suppose is a rectangle whose diagonals meet at . The perimeter of triangle is and the perimeter of triangle is . Compute the number of possible integer values of .
Solution:
For each triangle , we let denote the perimeter of .
First, we claim that . To see why, observe that
Similarly, one can show that , proving the desired inequality.
This inequality limits the possibility of to only those in , so could only range from , giving values. These values are all achievable because
- when approaches zero, we have and , implying that ;
- similarly, when approaches zero, we have ; and
- by continuously rotating segments and about , we have that can reach any value between .
Hence, the answer is .