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Point PP is inside a square ABCDA B C D such that APB=135,PC=12\angle A P B=135^{\circ}, P C=12, and PD=15P D=15. Compute the area of this square.

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Solution

Let x=APx=A P and y=BPy=B P. Rotate BAP\triangle B A P by 9090^{\circ} around BB to get BCQ\triangle B C Q. Then, BPQ\triangle B P Q is rightisosceles, and from BQC=135\angle B Q C=135^{\circ}, we get PQC=90\angle P Q C=90^{\circ}. Therefore, by Pythagorean's theorem, PC2=x2+2y2P C^{2}=x^{2}+2y^{2}. Similarly, PD2=y2+2x2P D^{2}=y^{2}+2x^{2}. Thus, y2=2PC2PD23=21y^{2}=\frac{2P C^{2}-P D^{2}}{3}=21, and similarly x2=102xy=3238x^{2}=102 \Longrightarrow xy=3\sqrt{238}. Thus, by the Law of Cosines, the area of the square is AB2=AP2+BP22cos(135)(AP)(BP)=x2+y2+2xy=123+6119\begin{aligned} A B^{2} & =A P^{2}+B P^{2}-2 \cos \left(135^{\circ}\right)(A P)(B P) \\ & =x^{2}+y^{2}+\sqrt{2}xy \\ & =123+6\sqrt{119} \end{aligned}

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