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Let ABCA B C be an acute scalene triangle with circumcenter OO and centroid GG. Given that AGOA G O is a right triangle, AO=9A O=9, and BC=15B C=15, let SS be the sum of all possible values for the area of triangle AGOA G O. Compute S2S^{2}.

A number or a short expression. Fractions can be typed as 3/2, and spacing doesn't matter.

Solution

Note that we know that O,HO, H, and GG are collinear and that HG=2OGH G=2 O G. Thus, let OG=xO G=x and HG=2xH G=2 x. We also have sinA=BC2R=56\sin A=\frac{B C}{2 R}=\frac{5}{6}, so cosA=116\cos A=\frac{\sqrt{11}}{6}. Then, if AGOGA G \perp O G, then we have x2+AG2=OG2+AG2=AO2=81x^{2}+A G^{2}=O G^{2}+A G^{2}=A O^{2}=81 and HG2+AG2=4x2+AG2=AH2=(2RcosA)2=99H G^{2}+A G^{2}=4 x^{2}+A G^{2}=A H^{2}=(2 R \cos A)^{2}=99. Solving gives us x=6x=\sqrt{6} and AG=53A G=5 \sqrt{3}. Thus, the area of AGOA G O in this case is 12653=532\frac{1}{2} \cdot \sqrt{6} \cdot 5 \sqrt{3}=\frac{5 \sqrt{3}}{2}. If we have AOOGA O \perp O G, then we have 99=AH2=AO2+OH2=81+9x299=A H^{2}=A O^{2}+O H^{2}=81+9 x^{2}. This gives us x=2x=\sqrt{2}. In this case, we have the area of AGOA G O is 1229=922\frac{1}{2} \cdot \sqrt{2} \cdot 9=\frac{9 \sqrt{2}}{2}. Adding up the two areas gives us S=122S=12 \sqrt{2}. Squaring gives S2=288S^{2}=288.

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