Let ABC be an acute triangle with incenter I and circumcenter O. Assume that ∠OIA=90∘. Given that AI=97 and BC=144, compute the area of △ABC.
A number or a short expression. Spacing and $ signs are ignored.
Solution
We present five different solutions and outline a sixth and seventh one. In what follows, let a=BC, b=CA, c=AB as usual, and denote by r and R the inradius and circumradius. Let s=21(a+b+c). In the first five solutions we will only prove that ∠AIO=90∘⟹b+c=2a. Let us see how this solves the problem. This lemma implies that s=216. If we let E be the foot of I on AB, then AE=s−BC=72, consequently the inradius is r=972−722=65. Finally, the area is sr=216⋅65=14040.
Want a route through all this instead of an archive? The track
puts 2,000 problems in a working order, from AMC 10 level to the IMO shortlist.
Source: Omni-MATH,
licensed Apache-2.0.
Statement and solution reproduced as published; topic and difficulty added by this site.