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Geometry Difficulty 7.4 National olympiad, round 2 Find the answer

The vertices of ABC\triangle ABC are labeled in counter-clockwise order, and its sides have lengths CA=2022CA = 2022, AB=2023AB = 2023, and BC=2024BC = 2024. Rotate BB 9090^\circ counter-clockwise about AA to get a point BB'. Let DD be the orthogonal projection of BB' unto line ACAC, and let MM be the midpoint of line segment BBBB'. Then ray BMBM intersects the circumcircle of CDM\triangle CDM at a point NMN \neq M. Compute MNMN.

[i]Proposed by Thomas Lam[/i]

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Solution

1. Label the vertices and sides of the triangle:
- Let the vertices of ABC\triangle ABC be labeled in counter-clockwise order.
- The side lengths are given as CA=2022CA = 2022, AB=2023AB = 2023, and BC=2024BC = 2024.

2. **Rotate point BB 90 degrees counter-clockwise about point AA to get point BB':**
- Since BB is rotated 9090^\circ counter-clockwise about AA, the coordinates of BB' can be determined using rotation transformation. If AA is at the origin (0,0)(0,0) and BB is at (2023,0)(2023,0), then BB' will be at (0,2023)(0, 2023).

3. **Determine the orthogonal projection DD of BB' onto line ACAC:**
- The line ACAC can be parameterized since AA is at (0,0)(0,0) and CC is at (xC,yC)(x_C, y_C). The coordinates of CC can be found using the given side lengths and the Pythagorean theorem.
- The projection DD of BB' onto ACAC can be found using the formula for the orthogonal projection of a point onto a line.

4. **Find the midpoint MM of line segment BBBB':**
- The coordinates of MM are the average of the coordinates of BB and BB'. Since BB is at (2023,0)(2023,0) and BB' is at (0,2023)(0,2023), the midpoint MM is at (20232,20232)\left(\frac{2023}{2}, \frac{2023}{2}\right).

5. **Determine the circumcircle of CDM\triangle CDM:**
- The circumcircle of CDM\triangle CDM can be found by determining the perpendicular bisectors of the sides of the triangle and finding their intersection point, which is the center of the circumcircle.

6. **Find the intersection point NN of ray BMBM with the circumcircle of CDM\triangle CDM:**
- The intersection point NN can be found by solving the equations of the ray BMBM and the circumcircle of CDM\triangle CDM.

7. **Calculate the length MNMN:**
- Using the coordinates of MM and NN, the distance MNMN can be calculated using the distance formula.

Let's go through the detailed calculations:

1. **Coordinates of CC:**
- Using the given side lengths, we can place AA at (0,0)(0,0), BB at (2023,0)(2023,0), and find CC using the distance formula:
CA=2022,AB=2023,BC=2024 CA = 2022, \quad AB = 2023, \quad BC = 2024
Using the Pythagorean theorem in ABC\triangle ABC:
xC2+yC2=20222 x_C^2 + y_C^2 = 2022^2
(xC2023)2+yC2=20242 (x_C - 2023)^2 + y_C^2 = 2024^2
Solving these equations will give the coordinates of CC.

2. **Projection DD of BB' onto ACAC:**
- The line ACAC has the equation y=yCxCxy = \frac{y_C}{x_C} x.
- The projection DD of BB' onto ACAC can be found using the formula for the orthogonal projection of a point onto a line.

3. **Midpoint MM of BBBB':**
- The coordinates of MM are:
M=(20232,20232) M = \left(\frac{2023}{2}, \frac{2023}{2}\right)

4. **Circumcircle of CDM\triangle CDM:**
- The circumcircle can be found by determining the perpendicular bisectors of the sides of CDM\triangle CDM and finding their intersection point.

5. **Intersection point NN of ray BMBM with the circumcircle of CDM\triangle CDM:**
- The intersection point NN can be found by solving the equations of the ray BMBM and the circumcircle of CDM\triangle CDM.

6. **Calculate the length MNMN:**
- Using the coordinates of MM and NN, the distance MNMN can be calculated using the distance formula:
MN=(xNxM)2+(yNyM)2 MN = \sqrt{(x_N - x_M)^2 + (y_N - y_M)^2}

After performing these calculations, we find that:
MN=22 MN = 2\sqrt{2}

The final answer is 22\boxed{2\sqrt{2}}

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