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Geometry Difficulty 4.9 AIME Find the answer

Let ABCA B C be a triangle with AB=5,BC=8,CA=11A B=5, B C=8, C A=11. The incircle ω\omega and AA-excircle 1Γ^{1} \Gamma are centered at I1I_{1} and I2I_{2}, respectively, and are tangent to BCB C at D1D_{1} and D2D_{2}, respectively. Find the ratio of the area of AI1D1\triangle A I_{1} D_{1} to the area of AI2D2\triangle A I_{2} D_{2}.

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Solution

Let D1D_{1}^{\prime} and D2D_{2}^{\prime} be the points diametrically opposite D1D_{1} and D2D_{2} on the incircle and AA-excircle, respectively. As IxI_{x} is the midpoint of DxD_{x} and DxD_{x}^{\prime}, we have [AI1D1][AI2D2]=[AD1D1][AD2D2]\frac{\left[A I_{1} D_{1}\right]}{\left[A I_{2} D_{2}\right]}=\frac{\left[A D_{1} D_{1}^{\prime}\right]}{\left[A D_{2} D_{2}^{\prime}\right]} Now, AD1D1\triangle A D_{1} D_{1}^{\prime} and AD2D2\triangle A D_{2} D_{2}^{\prime} are homothetic with ratio rrA=sas\frac{r}{r_{A}}=\frac{s-a}{s}, where rr is the inradius, rAr_{A} is the AA-exradius, and ss is the semiperimeter. Our answer is thus (sas)2=(412)=19\left(\frac{s-a}{s}\right)^{2}=\left(\frac{4}{12}\right)=\frac{1}{9}

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